Election Commission team to visit Bengal again to review SIR progress

A central team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) is coming to West Bengal again next week to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the poll panel which started on 4 November.

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This will be the second time in the current month that a central team will reach West Bengal to review the revision exercise, proving that the commission is giving special focus on the progress of SIR in the state, confirmed an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.

“Earlier this month, a central ECI team, led by the Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, visited West Bengal soon after the process of distribution of enumeration forms started on November 4. During the three-day visit earlier this month, the central team reviewed the SIR progress in four districts in North Bengal. During the second visit next week, the central team is expected to review the progress mainly in the South Bengal districts,” the CEO's office insider said.

By the time the central ECI team visits West Bengal next week, the first stage of the three-stage SIR process, the distribution of the enumeration forms, will be completed.

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