Overview
- Officials said a PDF‑to‑CSV error in linking the 2002 base roll led the BLO app to misclassify voters; DEOs have been told not to serve such notices and to verify names against hard copies instead.
- Hearings at 3,234 centres continue for other categories, including those genuinely unmapped after on‑ground checks and about 1.36 crore cases flagged for logical discrepancies in forms.
- The state’s December 16 draft rolls removed over 58 lakh names citing death, migration and duplicate entries, while roughly 32 lakh initially classified as unmapped were called in the first phase.
- Queues and distress were reported at camps, with elderly and disabled voters arriving with documents, as micro‑observers and election officials processed cases under tightened procedures.
- TMC leaders demanded the Election Commission publish the list of 1.36 crore discrepant entries and plan to meet the CEC on December 31, even as the Centre granted Y‑plus CISF security to Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal and parallel SIR revisions reported deletions in Assam (~10.56 lakh) and Uttar Pradesh (~2.89 crore) with claims and objections windows underway.