Overview
- The Election Commission has begun issuing centrally generated notices to electors flagged by progeny‑mapping, including those listing more than six siblings, with hearings underway and final rolls due on February 14.
- Beyond the earlier deletion of roughly 58 lakh names in the draft roll, about 11,500 unmapped electors have now been removed for failing to prove eligibility, largely in Nadia district, according to state CEO sources.
- Operational strain escalated in Murshidabad’s Farakka, where around 200 BLOs resigned during protests, hearings were suspended, a camp was vandalised, and police registered FIRs and made two arrests.
- Officials said 97 voters marked as deceased were found alive and are being restored to the rolls after document checks by the Chief Electoral Officer’s office.
- The TMC alleges an intercepted vehicle in Bankura carried 3,000–4,000 pre‑filled Form 7 objections and says two BJP workers were arrested, while the BJP claims officials blocked its objections and warns it will oppose holding elections if the SIR is not conducted properly.