Overview
- The West Bengal CEO directed that auto-generated notices to voters marked ‘unmapped’ by the BLO app need not be served if hard-copy 2002 rolls show linkage, with BLOs allowed to verify in the field and upload evidence.
- Hindustan Times and official letters say the incomplete conversion of 2002 roll PDFs to CSV caused false ‘unmapped’ flags, and officials expect the tally to fall from the roughly 3.1 million initially identified.
- Personal hearings continue for other categories, including about 1.36 crore electors flagged for logical discrepancies, as the TMC demands publication of that list and plans to raise the issue with the CEC on December 31.
- The ECI has barred Booth Level Agents-2 from SIR hearing venues after disruptions were reported, reinforcing that only designated officials may conduct proceedings.
- The Centre has provided Y-plus CISF security to West Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal, and in a parallel SIR, Assam’s integrated draft rolls show 10.56 lakh deletions with claims and objections open until January 22 and final rolls due February 10.