Overview
- Electoral Registration Officers have been directed to conduct hearings at the residences of voters aged 85 and above, seriously ill patients, pregnant women and differently-abled people, replacing in-person summons for these groups.
- The Commission reiterated that Booth Level Agents will not be allowed inside hearing venues and warned DEOs and EROs they will be held liable if party agents are admitted or hearings are forcibly halted.
- A Special Roll Observer’s vehicle was damaged during protests at Magrahat/Sirakol in South 24 Parganas; the EC has sought a detailed report on the incident.
- TMC legislator Asit Majumdar twice disrupted hearings in Hooghly demanding entry for BLAs, prompting on-ground interventions by district officials to resume proceedings.
- Mamata Banerjee alleged AI-driven, large-scale deletions from the draft rolls and said a TMC delegation led by Abhishek Banerjee will meet the Chief Election Commissioner on December 31, as reports surfaced of distress and deaths linked by families to SIR notices, including an 82-year-old in Purulia.