Manoj Agarwal, Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal who has been provided Y-plus category cover of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has tagged the notice to Union Home Ministry and Department of Personnel and training (DoPT) on Twittee. Agarwal wrote: “It has come to the notice of this office from various press releases that two complaints have been filed with the police, against the Chief Election Commissioner of India and the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal.” He adds “the allegations contained therein appear to be premeditated, unsubstantiated and a crude attempt to browbeat the officers tasked with discharging statutory duties in connection with SIR 2026.”
The purpose of Special Intensive Revision is to revise the electoral list due to rapid urbanisation, high levels of migration, the addition of new eligible voters, unreported deaths, and to remove the names of foreign illegal immigrants.
Article 324 of the Constitution of India and Section 21 (3) of Representation of the People Act, 1951, ECI has the power to revise the electoral rolls across the country in any state without prior permission from any authority. Intensive revisions have been carried out 13 times; 1952–56, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1983–84, 1987–89, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Prior to West Bengal and other States, similar exercise was undertaken in Bihar ahead of the recent assembly election amid lot of controversy.
The important notice states that "No stone will be left unturned to unearth the conspiracy behind these serial and fabricated complaints..."
It not clear as to how Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal probe the “conspiracy behind” these complaints.
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