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The draft roll published on Sunday and distributed to political parties on Monday is the roll of July 1. But opposition functionaries said that after they met state election commission (SEC) officials on Wednesday, the SEC had told them the polls were likely to be held based on the Oct 1 roll. The changes in the roll, between July 1 and Oct 1, will be added in supplementary rolls.
Because the office of the MRO for Borough I is in Alipore New Administrative, subrata Dutta, CPM ’s Kolkata district secretariat member who represented the party at the roll handover, said a resident of Cossipore must come to Alipore to see the electoral roll.
“We told the poll officials to send the draft roll to all KMC borough offices if they cannot upload the draft roll online. Even for filing objections people have to come to these three offices,” Dutta said. We will do as directed by SEC,” said a state govt official.
Kolkata: Voters keen to know their new ward numbers after delimitation cannot find it online. They will have to visit Alipore DM office or the offices of district election officers at Jessop Building and Alipore Survey Building to have a look at the roll. “It will not be a problem. What roll is adopted for the polls is the decision of SEC. The draft roll was published by SDO Alipore, who is the municipal electoral registration officer for KMC polls.
Congress has written to Bengal’s chief electoral officer seeking an online publication of the draft roll for voters’ convenience. When the draft roll was handed over to parties on Monday, many questioned how the authorities expected someone living in Metiabruz to come to Alipore to see their names on the draft roll.