What is happening in Bengal? Name of former judge of Calcutta High Court missing from voter list, big questions raised on the system

News India Live, Digital Desk: There has been a revelation on the election preparations of West Bengal and the purity of the voter list which has created a stir from the judiciary to the administrative corridors. The name of former Calcutta High Court judge Shahid Ullah Munshi has been found missing from the voter list of West Bengal. The absence of his own name from the voter list of a former judge, who protected the law for decades, is raising serious questions on the functioning of the State Election Commission and the local administration.

Even the former judge himself was stunned when his name was not found in the list.

The whole matter came to light when former judge Shahid Ullah Munshi checked his name in the voter list. He found that his name was missing from the list where he had been voting for years. This incident has created fear in the mind of the common man that when the name of a former High Court judge is not safe, then what is the fate of the common citizen? The former judge has expressed deep displeasure over this matter and called it a violation of democratic rights.

Conspiracy or administrative negligence? the opposition surrounded

This news of deletion of names from the voter list has also brought a boil in the politics of Bengal. The opposition has taken the Mamata government and the Election Commission to task and termed it as part of a bigger conspiracy. Leaders allege that names of selected people are being deliberately removed from the list in Bengal. However, the district administration is saying that it was a technical mistake or a mistake during data updation, but no one seems satisfied with the explanation.

What does the law say? How serious is it to remove name from voter list?

Experts say that removing the name of any citizen from the voter list without proper verification and information comes under the category of serious crime. Especially when the case involves a former judge, it becomes even more sensitive. Now it will be interesting to see how the Election Commission corrects this ‘blunder’ and what action is taken against the officials responsible for it. This incident has tarnished the credibility of the revision of voter lists before the upcoming elections.