The Election Commission has issued strict instructions to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal that all notices related to alleged data inconsistencies or logical discrepancies in the voter list must be downloaded immediately and delivered to the concerned voters within the next four to five days in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) process in the state. A clear message has also been given that no negligence in this work will be tolerated.

In response to this directive, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of the state has sent notes to all district electoral officers. It has been stated that starting today, a detailed report must be submitted daily on how many logical discrepancy notices were served in each assembly constituency. It is worth mentioning that during the special intensive revision of the voter list in the state, about 1.36 crore voters’ names initially appeared in the list of data inconsistencies. However, after subsequent verification and corrections, that number has decreased. According to the latest figures, the number of voters under the category of logical discrepancies has come down to around 95 lakh.