Election Commission suspends 7 West Bengal officials for negligence in SIR

Updated: 16-02-2026, 05.26 AM

What is the news?

The Election Commission has suspended 7 officials for negligence in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal. All were Additional Voters Registration Officers (AEROs). He has been charged with alleged misconduct, dereliction of duty and abuse of statutory powers. The Commission has given instructions to West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty in this regard and asked to ensure disciplinary action against all the 7 officers.

What negligence came to light against the officers?

times of India According to the RTI, all the officials did not produce the prescribed documents during investigation of the cases pending for final publication in the respective polling stations. Also, approval was given despite discrepancies in mapping and flaws in the eligibility of voters. Officials failed to take corrective action, allowing ineligible cases and misused their statutory powers. In some cases the officer had shared his password with a third party.

Commission was asking for action since August

news18 According to , since August last year, the Commission had been asking the Bengal Government to take action against the officials, when it was ignored, the Commission had to intervene directly. Last week, the Commission had summoned the Chief Secretary and directed him to comply with the orders by February 17. The suspended officers include Sefaur Rahman (56-Samserganj), Nitish Das (55-Farakka), Dalia Ray Choudhary (16-Maynaguri), SK, Murshid Alam (57-Suti), Satyajit Das, Joydeep Kundu (139-Canning Purbo) and Debashish Biswas (229-Debra).

Will the fight between the Commission and the government increase further in Bengal?

The Election Commission has taken this step at a time when the hearing on this matter is going on in the Supreme Court and recently Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee herself had appeared in the court to present arguments. Meanwhile, the Commission has given a clear message that there will be no leniency on any kind of mischief in the state. BJP leaders in Bengal have expressed happiness over the commission’s action.