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In a supplementary list, the Election Commission added 136 voters to the electoral rolls in West Bengal whose appeals were accepted by the appellate tribunals. However, 27 lakh appeals filed by persons who have been excluded are pending.
As the first phase of the Assembly elections in the state will be held on Thursday, the approval rate of appeals was 98.5%, as only 138 cases had been decided on by the tribunals so far as part of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. Read on.
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The Calcutta High Court asked the Election Commission why it needed to order the arrest of alleged “troublemakers” ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal. The court was hearing a plea by an advocate who claimed that he had found out about the list from “multiple credible, trustworthy and independent sources”.
The plea claimed that the purported list largely contains the names of the Trinamool Congress’ workers, leaders and elected officials.
The counsel representing the Election Commission told the court...