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SIR: ECI moves to strike off 76,000 judge-cleared voters in Bengal's border seats, nearly all Muslim names

SIR: ECI moves to strike off 76,000 judge-cleared voters in Bengal's border seats, nearly all Muslim names

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The Supreme Court on Monday set aside an order of the Rajasthan State Election Commission that had refused permission to a civil society organisation to conduct voter awareness campaigns ahead of the ongoing local body elections in the state. Meanwhile, the Election Commission rejected 2.55 lakh Form 6 voter applications out of 10.93 lakh received, and the Chief Electoral Officer office confirmed that 99 per cent of 92 lakh notice recipients will retain voting rights, with 53,216 deemed ineligible.

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    The ECI has appealed against more than 76,000 judge-cleared voters in Bengal's Samserganj and Sujapur, nearly all with Muslim names, in numbers that match or exceed the winning margins in both seats.

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The ECI has appealed against more than 76,000 judge-cleared voters in Bengal's Samserganj and Sujapur, nearly all with Muslim names, in numbers that match or exceed the winning margins in both seats.

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SIR: ECI moves to strike off 76,000 judge-cleared voters in Bengal's border seats, nearly all Muslim names

The ECI has appealed against more than 76,000 judge-cleared voters in Bengal's Samserganj and Sujapur, nearly all with Muslim names, in numbers that match or exceed the winning margins in both seats.

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