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Election Commission tightens voter roll monitoring by appointing senior IAS observers in Bengal
Senior IAS officers have been deployed by the Election Commission to closely supervise voter roll verification in West Bengal following large-scale data mismatches and concerns over ineligible entries.
Heightened scrutiny has been placed on the voter roll revision process in West Bengal after the Election Commission appointed five senior IAS officers from central ministries as special roll observers across key divisions. These officers will oversee the ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise and monitor district-level election officials. The move follows the discovery of large scale mismatches involving over 30 lakh voters whose parental linkages differed between the 2002 and 2025 electoral rolls.