Overview
- West Bengal election authorities were told to finish digitising enumeration forms by the end of November, with roughly 50 lakh entries already processed, after an urgent review with ECI officials.
- A four-member ECI delegation led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti will visit November 18–21 to assess SIR progress in Kolkata, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad and Malda.
- Governor C.V. Ananda Bose defended SIR as necessary for clean elections, urged calm, and said genuine voters would not be excluded while acknowledging that parties can raise objections.
- BLOs staged protests in Siliguri, Howrah and Barrackpore, sought an extension and data-entry operators, and reported late-night directives, heavy workloads and app issues; the CEO’s office said training and support are underway.
- ECI bulletins show near-complete form delivery nationally, including about 99% in West Bengal, as reports from Kolkata highlight voter confusion over form fields, multiple BLO assignments and inconsistent guidance, with parties trading accusations over the process.