CPM Secretary-General Mabebi has written to the Electoral Commission to express “grave concern” over the mass deletion of voters from Bangladesh’s poll lists. In a letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Babi said, “SIR represents a systematic practice of mass disenfranchisement, characterized by arbitrary criteria such as ‘logical consistency’ and an increasing reliance on algorithm-driven exclusions.“ AJUP nominee submits thesis in Kaliganj The Bengal SIR Appellate Tribunal has reinstated the name of AJUP’s candidate from Kaliganj constituency Kechhabuddin Sekh, enabling him to file his nomination on Thursday, the last date for filing papers. Seh reportedly becomes the third contestant to have his name restored. FIR against TMC’s Nandigram nominee A case has been registered against TMC’s Nandigram nominee Pabitra Kar for alleged assault, intimidation and robbery, the first such case against any candidate since the MCC came into force in Bengal. Buddedb Giri said Khar and three others pressured him to sing “Joy Bangla” and when he refused, they attacked him. He said Rs 3,700 and a watch were taken away. Cong files FIR against Assam candidate The Congress party’s Assam unit filed an FIR against its Udalguri seat candidate Suren Daimary, who resigned from the party on the eve of the assembly polls, accusing the party of “working only for ‘Miyas’ (a derogatory term for Bengali Muslims) but not doing anything for the ST community”.
