Selim: Elections Impossible with 6.1 Million Voters Excluded; CEC Addresses Bengal Poll Phases

• CPI(M) leader Mohammad Selim stated in Baharampur that elections are not possible while 6.1 million legitimate voters remain excluded from the electoral roll.
• Selim highlighted pending cases in SIR for these voters and criticized state/central governments for not jointly uploading voter information.
• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar assured no legitimate voter would be excluded and that Bengal's poll phases depend on law and order.
• CEC Kumar responded to queries about single-phase elections in Bengal, comparing it to Maharashtra's 288 seats voting in one phase.
• Supreme Court's SIR case has resolved 1 million complaints, with 304,000 registrations cancelled; an appellate tribunal is set up for appeals.