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Economic Times
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Economic Times
ECI's roll revision plan causing unease in Assam
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Guwahati: The ECI's plan to roll out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country is causing discomfort in Assam which is due for assembly election early next ruling BJP has expressed support for SIR with Rupam Goswami, convenor, state media department of the BJP, stating that during the ongoing exercise in Bihar, the Election Commission (ECI) discovered a large number of foreign nationals from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar listed in the state's electoral rolls. Most of these individuals were illegal migrants who work as labourers, and over the years, managed to get their names included in the voters' list through political BJP said the Congress, having relied on illegal Bangladeshi Muslim votes in the past elections, is now apprehensive about losing its vote bank as these ineligible voters were being identified and deleted from the list. During its rule, the Congress went so far as to label lakhs of Gorkhas and indigenous communities as "doubtful voters" and suspended their voting rights.'Doubtful voter' is a category of voters in Assam who are disenfranchised for lack of citizenship. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had recently said that voter list revision cannot stop the demographic changes in leader Rahul Gandhi, during his recent visit to Assam, has warned people about the voters' list revision. Alleging that the ECI and BJP were working together, Gandhi said, "Within four months in Maharashtra -- from Lok Sabha polls to the assembly polls -- one crore voters have increased. We sought the voters' list from the EC, but they are yet to provide it. We asked for the videos of the booths, but we were not given. The new voters voted for the BJP. In the Lok Sabha polls, our alliance won the polls. Then one crore voters come, and we lose the assembly polls."
Time of India
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
ECI's roll revision plan causing unease in Assam
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Guwahati: The ECI's plan to roll out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country is causing discomfort in Assam which is due for assembly election early next ruling BJP has expressed support for SIR with Rupam Goswami, convenor, state media department of the BJP, stating that during the ongoing exercise in Bihar, the Election Commission (ECI) discovered a large number of foreign nationals from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar listed in the state's electoral rolls. Most of these individuals were illegal migrants who work as labourers, and over the years, managed to get their names included in the voters' list through political BJP said the Congress, having relied on illegal Bangladeshi Muslim votes in the past elections, is now apprehensive about losing its vote bank as these ineligible voters were being identified and deleted from the list. During its rule, the Congress went so far as to label lakhs of Gorkhas and indigenous communities as "doubtful voters" and suspended their voting rights.'Doubtful voter' is a category of voters in Assam who are disenfranchised for lack of citizenship. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had recently said that voter list revision cannot stop the demographic changes in leader Rahul Gandhi, during his recent visit to Assam, has warned people about the voters' list revision. Alleging that the ECI and BJP were working together, Gandhi said, "Within four months in Maharashtra -- from Lok Sabha polls to the assembly polls -- one crore voters have increased. We sought the voters' list from the EC, but they are yet to provide it. We asked for the videos of the booths, but we were not given. The new voters voted for the BJP. In the Lok Sabha polls, our alliance won the polls. Then one crore voters come, and we lose the assembly polls."
Indian Express
3 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
In West Bengal, voter lists appearing online sparks speculation of electoral roll revision in state
West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer has made some voter lists from the 2002 electoral roll revision available online, sparking speculation that the exercise will begin in the state in August. This comes two weeks after the Election Commission of India wrote to state Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) asking them to prepare for a Special Intensive Revision similar to one currently ongoing in Bihar. According to sources in the election commission, the list that has been published on the website of the of the State's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) contains the names of 11 districts — Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda in North Bengal and Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly, Medinipur and Bankura in the south. So far, there's been no word from the Election Commission on the speculations in West Bengal, with a senior official saying only that they were 'ready for anything'. 'Within two-three days we will publish all 23 districts' lists of electors according to 2002 SIR,' the official at the West Bengal CEO said. Significantly, West Bengal is due to hold assembly polls next year. In its order to Chief Electoral Officers, the ECI asked them to rationalise polling stations (including identification of new buildings to ensure no polling station has more than 1,200 electors); fill up all vacant positions of key officials, from Block Level Officers (BLOs) and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), and supervisors who will undertake the enumeration on the ground; and conducting their training. Also mentioned in the order was the direction to publish the 2002 electoral rolls online. As part of the exercise, the West Bengal Chief Election Officer began training its Booth Level Officers for the enumeration exercise Saturday. But Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has opposed the exercise, saying Monday that her party 'won't allow SIR in West Bengal'. She also accused the Election Commission of acting on directions from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance at the Centre. 'They (EC) are finalising the voters' list, while sitting in Gujarat… The BJP's agency (EC) is doing this… They have already set up detention camps in Haryana and Assam… We want to say: 'Jo humse takrayega, choor choor ho jaayega' (Those who mess with us will be shattered),' she said. However, Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has supported the move. 'No Rohingya or Bangladeshi Muslim illegal immigrant, however, will be allowed to have their names in the electoral rolls in the state,' Adhikari said. The electoral roll revision exercise in Bihar has been at the centre of a row, with Opposition parties claiming that the requirement that voters enrolled after 2003 produce multiple documents to stay on the rolls could potentially disenfranchise millions of voters and has spurred legal challenges in the SC. Unlike the Bihar exercise, the qualifying date for pan-Indian exercise has been kept as January 1, 2026.
New Indian Express
21-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
No Bangladeshi Muslim or Rohingya will be allowed in voter list, says West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari
KOLKATA: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday hit back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her allegations of harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, asserting that no Bangladeshi Muslim or Rohingya will be allowed to find a place in the voter list. Earlier, in the day while addressing the Trinamool Congress' 'Martyrs' Day' rally at Esplanade in Kolkata, Banerjee made it clear that the alleged harassment and torture of Bengali speaking people from Bengal in different BJP-ruled states would not be tolerated anymore. She directed her party workers to launch a 'language movement' on July 27 which will continue till the Assembly elections are over next year. In his address during the BJP's youth front's 'Uttarkanya Abhiyan' in Siliguri today, Adhikari said, 'In Modiji's eyes, Hindus who came from Bangladesh due to religious persecution are refugees. They are not infiltrators. Indian Muslims are here. You have no worries. We are with you. But we will not allow even one Bangladeshi Muslim and Rohingya to be in the voter list.'
Time of India
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Suvendu demands SIR in Bengal to remove illegal voters from electoral rolls
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly , Suvendu Adhikari , on Monday demanded that special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be conducted in the state as is being done in Bihar for removing illegal voters from the list. He maintained that those Hindus who have come to India from Bangladesh due to religious persecution need not be afraid. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category Design Thinking PGDM Data Analytics MBA Data Science others Operations Management Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Others CXO Leadership MCA Product Management Data Science Finance Digital Marketing Cybersecurity Management Degree Technology Project Management Public Policy healthcare Skills you'll gain: Duration: 25 Weeks IIM Kozhikode CERT-IIMK PCP DTIM Async India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 22 Weeks IIM Indore CERT-IIMI DTAI Async India Starts on undefined Get Details "They are refugees in the eyes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ," Adhikari said, addressing a rally here after leading a march to Uttarkanya, the north Bengal branch of the state secretariat here, to protest atrocities on women in the state. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo "Indian Muslims need not worry," Adhikari said to reassure the minority community, who the ruling TMC is claiming are being targeted by the saffron brigade, if an SIR is held in the state. Maintaining that the BJP stands firm with them, he said, "No Rohingya or Bangladeshi Muslim illegal immigrant, however, will be allowed to have their names in the electoral rolls in the state." Live Events The SIR of electoral rolls has triggered a major political controversy in Bihar, where elections are due later this year, with the opposition INDIA bloc alleging that it was designed to "benefit the ruling NDA", a charge denied by the EC that is carrying out the massive exercise. Adhikari alleged that there are 2.15 crore jobless people in West Bengal, while alleging the flight of industries from the state. "Why are there 60 lakh migrant labourers from the state working outside if the chief minister has provided work to all?" he asked. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the annual Trinamool Congress' Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata on Monday. Stating that the TMC supremo has asserted in the rally that her party will win more seats in the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls than the numbers it secured in 2021, Adhikari said, "I also challenge that she will be a former chief minister of the state after the next elections." Pointing to the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and the alleged sexual assault of a student at a law college in Kolkata, he claimed that womenfolk in the state "are not safe under the present dispensation". Adhikari and other leaders participated in the programme called by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) to protest the atrocities on women and demand security for them. Alleging that north Bengal lacks modern healthcare facilities, he claimed that the state government was not providing land for an AIIMS that the central government wants to set up for the benefit of the people here. He alleged that tea garden workers in north Bengal were not getting their dues while the Mamata Banerjee government was working to sell off the land of the gardens.
