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West Bengal

Anger among Bengal’s elderly as burden of SIR proof compounds burden of age

On Monday evening, the Election Commission said the hearings for voters aged 85 and above, pregnant women, and the ailing would be conducted at their homes

A senior citizen at an SIR hearing centre in West Behala along with a relative on Monday. Many had to wait in long queues for an hour before they were allowed entry.
Bedridden and paralytic Rabindranath Roy being taken to the hearing centre at Gaighata, North 24-Parganas.

Hearing means torture for many as SIR drives voters to distress
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