West Bengal: The ongoing voter list stir in West Bengal politics has now directly reached the doorstep of the Supreme Court. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has filed a petition regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) happening in the state, and this time she is not going to present her views through any lawyer but by standing in the magistrate herself.
This step is moreover special considering Mamata Banerjee has studied law and has moreover practiced law at some point. That ways the courtroom is not new to her.
What is the matter?
Banerjee says that the way this revision of the voter list is stuff done, it does not towards wipe and fair. They fear that this may rationalization problems for worldwide voters, expressly those who have minor discrepancies in their documents. Regarding this, she has challenged the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal in the Supreme Magistrate by making her a party.
Who else is involved in the hearing?
A seat of the Supreme Magistrate of India, headed by Surya Kant, will simultaneously hear three petitions related to the case. These moreover include petitions by Trinamool Congress MPs Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen. It is well-spoken that the matter is not only legal but moreover politically important.
What has the magistrate said earlier?
In the last hearing, the magistrate had unmistakably told the Election Commission that the unshortened process should be transparent and no voter should be unnecessarily harassed. The list of names in which irregularities have been found has been asked to be pasted in Panchayat buildings and woodcut offices, so that people can express their views by showing the documents.
Why the controversy over ‘logical discrepancy’?
The cases, which the Election Commission is calling “logical discrepancies”, include inconsistencies related to name or age. But the problem is that the number of such cases is very large. Well-nigh 1.25 crore voters have come under this category. Questions stuff raised on such a large number of people is a matter of snooping in itself and that is why the state government is cautious well-nigh it.
What next?
Mamata Banerjee herself seeming in the magistrate shows how seriously she is taking this issue. Now everyone's vision are on the Supreme Magistrate hearing. Whatever the decision, it is sure to have a uncontrived impact on millions of voters and the politics of the state.
