TMC slams EC for 'forcing' elderly people, PWDs to turn up at SIR hearing camps

Dec 28, 2025
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The Hindu - National
By Vaidra Editorial Team•IAS-qualified experts with 15+ years UPSC coaching experience

Key Points

  1. TMC alleges ECI is forcing elderly and disabled to attend hearings away from home on December 28, 2025.
  2. Hearings for 'unmapped' electors began on December 27, 2025.
  3. TMC MP Partha Bhowmik criticized the ECI's decision to summon elderly persons.
  4. Minister Sashi Panja described the ECI's attitude as 'inhuman'.
  5. TMC demands ECI publish a break-up of categories for those called for hearing.
  6. TMC claims 1.36 crore people may be called for hearing.

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