CEC shown black flags during West Bengal visit

People raise ‘go back’ slogans during Gyanesh Kumar’s visit. Pic/PTI

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar faced protests with a group of people raising ‘go back' slogans and showing ‘black flags' to him following his visit to West Bengal on Tuesday morning over alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls in the state.

CEC Gyanesh Kumar

The CEC arrived in Kolkata for a series of meetings with political parties and senior administrative officials to review Bengal's poll preparedness. Kumar said the election commission will finalise the state's election schedule, including the number of phases it would vote in, after the panel returns to Delhi.

He promised that no eligible voter's name would be removed and asserted that the EC's priority was to ensure free, fair, and peaceful polls in the state.

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