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Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, a 10-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation led by Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien met the full bench of the Election Commission in New Delhi on Friday. The delegation included TMC Lok Sabha MPs Satabdi Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Pratima Mondal, Sajda Ahmed, and Mahua Moitra, alongside Rajya Sabha MPs Dola Sen, Mamata Thakur, Saket Gokhale, and Prakash Chik Barik.

 

The meeting follows West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, in which she sought his "immediate intervention" on two recent concerns related to the SIR.

 

The state CEO's direction to district election officers not to engage contractual data-entry operators and Bangla Sahayata Kendra staff for the SIR voters' list cleanup exercise or other poll-related work.

 

A proposal to set up polling booths inside private residential complexes.

 

The meeting also took place against the backdrop of a TMC allegation that several deaths linked to the SIR verification process have been reported in the state.

 

The SIR is currently underway in 12 states and Union territories, including West Bengal.

 

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