The current major news regarding elections in West Bengal revolves around the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in preparation for the Assembly elections scheduled for 2026.
🗳️ Key Updates on West Bengal SIR:
* Door-to-Door Enumeration: The house-to-house enumeration phase of the SIR began on November 4, 2025, and is scheduled to continue until December 4, 2025. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are visiting residences to distribute and collect enumeration forms.
* Over 1.10 crore enumeration forms were reportedly distributed in the first two days of the process.
* Online Facility: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has also launched an online facility for voters to access and fill the enumeration forms on the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal portal and the ECINET app.
* Political Controversy: The SIR process has become a significant political issue in the state.
* The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has strongly opposed the exercise, with CM Mamata Banerjee leading protests and the party's General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee warning of legal action against alleged irregularities, calling it "silent invisible rigging" by the BJP to delete names of genuine voters.
* The BJP has dismissed the allegations as baseless and politically motivated, hailing the SIR as a move for "greater transparency" in the electoral rolls.
* Legal Scrutiny: The Calcutta High Court has asked the ECI to file an affidavit in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that questions why the SIR is being conducted based on the 2002 voters' list.
* Important Dates for SIR 2026:
* House-to-House Enumeration: November 4 – December 4, 2025
* Draft Electoral Roll Publication: December 9, 2025
* Claims & Objections Period: December 9, 2025 – January 8, 2026
* Final Electoral Roll Publication: February 7, 2026
The focus is currently on the execution and political fallout of this intensive revision of the voter list ahead of the crucial 2026 Assembly polls.
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