Left Entrance chairman Biman Basu and others arrive on the West Bengal State Election Fee workplace, in Kolkata, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. | Picture Credit score: PTI
The Workplace of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) began the coaching technique of Electoral Registration Officers (ERO), District Election Officers (DEO), and different officers who will a part of the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll within the State. In the meantime, the Left occasion leaders staged a protest exterior the CEO workplace to voice their issues towards the SIR course of.
“Coaching on SIR might be held in the present day with all DEOs, EROs, AEROs, SLMT in Video Convention mode by CEO West Bengal together with different Officers from in the present day. Senior DEC, ECI and different ECI Officers are additionally participating within the dialogue,” an official on the CEO, West Bengal workplace mentioned on Wednesday.
In a associated improvement, the Election Fee of India (ECI) began a Nationwide Voter Helpline and all 36 State and District-level helplines to handle queries and grievances of Indian voters.
They’ve additionally began a ‘Guide-a-Name with BLO’ facility the place voters in every location can name their respective space BLOs to inquire about their questions.
In an all-party assembly held on the CEO, West Bengal workplace in Kolkata on Tuesday, political events like Trinamool Congress and Communist Get together of India (Marxist) raised questions on “real voters” being excluded within the “hurried” SIR course of.
To handle the priority, Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal Manoj Kumar Agarwal, mentioned that ‘no professional voters’ might be faraway from the voters’ checklist through the course of.
In line with figures shared by the CEO’s workplace, the entire variety of electors in West Bengal as of October 28, 2025, stands at 7,66,37,529, with a median of round 950 voters or 200 to 300 households per polling station. The variety of BLOs stands at 80,681 in West Bengal. They’re set to begin a door-to-door train handy out enumeration types between November 4 to December 4.
Political leaders protest
Left Entrance events just like the CPI(M), Revolutionary Socialist Get together, Socialist Unity Heart of India (Communist), and Communist Get together of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation leaders had been current on the protest exterior the CEO, West Bengal workplace in Kolkata on Wednesday. They protested underneath veteran politician, CPI(M) Biman Basu’s management.
“The method must be clear. There could be no occasion politics on this, in order that frequent residents don’t have to bear the entire load, the Block Degree Officers (BLOs) should additionally take duty,” Mr. Basu mentioned after the protests.
In the meantime, Congress State President Subhankar Sarkar additionally raised questions in regards to the SIR course of and mentioned that it’s elevating panic among the many folks of Bengal.
“When individuals are continuously apprehensive about their livelihood, it’s the duty of the federal government authorities to maintain the lives of the frequent man… As an alternative, now they’re being requested questions on their citizenship, that is dire state of affairs. It is a reason for concern, we’re scared about the way forward for Bengal,” Mr. Authorities added.
He additionally raised questions on why the SIR course of is being carried out inside such a brief time period and in contrast to the 2002 SIR the place it took 2 years to finish the entire course of. “Why unfold worry in folks earlier than the 2026 elections?” Mr. Authorities requested.
Revealed – October 30, 2025 05:43 pm IST