Tohiddur is busy in election discussions with his friends on the banks of river Ganga in Malda district of West Bengal. What will happen in the assembly elections? There is less discussion on this but more discussion on how to vote in the assembly elections. west bengal Tohiddur, who lives in Pagla Ghat in Malda district, says that despite being a government employee, his name has been removed from the voting list. They don't understand what to do!
This problem is not only of Tohiddur but of thousands of voters of Malda district. Paglaghat is a place from where Bangladesh can be reached in just half an hour via river.
There are 12 assembly seats in Malda district. After SIR, there are 272791736 voters, out of which 1349609 female and 1442060 male voters are in the final list. Name 802028 has been struck off in SIR due to lack of correct paper.
After this, about 5 lakh people applied online or offline to become voters again. There are still 4,41248 voters in Malda district whose names are not known. There are many of these people who are making rounds of the tribunal.
Despite it being Saturday, people are gathering in front of SIR Center in Malda. Natasha claims that she was born in the year 1971. She has come to vote till last year, but she does not know how to vote this time, because her name is not in the list. Same is the condition of Mohammad Ikramul Haq who came to SIR office.
The first phase of waiting in Malda is to be held on 23rd April. The final list is to come by the night of 21st April. Amidst all this, there is confusion regarding where and how the people of the Tribunal are able to clear the names of how many people every day.
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