SIR has ‘Awasthi’ Former Muslim MP of CPM becomes son’s surname also changed, questions raised on Election Commission

West Bengal News: A major mistake has come to light during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in West Bengal. CPM state general secretary and former MP Mohammed Saleem and his son Aatish Aziz have been mentioned with Brahmin surname ‘Awasthi’ in the recently released draft voter list. Has been given.

Aatish Aziz said in a Facebook post, “The Election Commission of India has made me and Mohammad Salim Brahmins.” He also shared a photo of his voter details. ‘Surname’ In the section ‘Awasthi’ It is written.

Aatish Aziz posted on Facebook

As per Aziz’s information, his father Mohammad Salim is listed as a relative. Salim’s name is preceded by ‘surname’ Also in the section ‘Awasthi’ It is written. Aziz said, “My father has been a politician for decades. If such a mistake could happen in his case, one can imagine what might have happened to others.”

Mohammad Salim raised questions on EC

On the other hand, Mohammad Salim attacked the Election Commission and said that this mistake shows that the Election Commission has taken a serious task like SIR very lightly. They did not make necessary preparations and did not give necessary training to the officers doing this work. The Chief Electoral Officer and the Chief Election Commissioner have called SIR a ‘mockery’ has made.

Will contact BLO for improvement

Aatish Aziz has said that he will contact the booth-level agent of CPM to get the reforms done. Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Bengal termed this mistake as minor and said that such mistakes will be rectified before the release of the final list in February.

58 lakh names removed in Bengal

The Election Commission released the draft voter list yesterday after a special intensive revision process in the election-bound state. A total of 58 lakh names have been removed, including 24 lakh voters as ‘dead’, 19 lakh as ‘permanently shifted’. And 12 lakh are considered ‘missing’ Marked as.

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Questions raised on transparency of SIR

It is noteworthy that the draft voter list was released on December 16 after digitization of the counting forms under the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Now, this alleged name change is raising questions over the transparency and accuracy of the electoral process, with opposition parties demanding a clarification from the Commission.