Election Commission in West Bengal SIR The draft voter list of the process has been released. Atish Aziz, son of Mohammed Salim, state secretary of the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM), issued a statement on behalf of the Election Commission. draft voter list I have been accused of irregularities. He claimed that the Hindu surname ‘Awasthi’ had been added to both his and his father’s names.
Claim of adding Awasthi surname to Muslim leader’s name
Aatish Aziz said in a post on social media on Tuesday that he is a registered voter of Kolkata Port Assembly constituency and his name is Aatish Aziz. He said that the voter list inspection While doing so, he found that the surname ‘Awasthi’ was added to his name and the same wrong surname was written in front of his father’s name also.
He said, “My father has been a politician for decades. If such a mistake could have happened in his case, then imagine what would have happened to others.” He questioned that if there were such fundamental mistakes then what was achieved by the special intensive review (SIR) conducted at a cost of crores of rupees.
‘Made me and my father Brahmins’
He said, “On one hand, BJP was celebrating the fact that the SIR process would be used to crack down on Muslims, while on the other hand, the Election Commission made both my father Mohammad Salim and me Brahmins by adding the surname Awasthi.”
Aatish Aziz also shared pictures of the draft voter list, which has ‘Awasthi’ added at the end of his and his father’s names. He said that the booth-level agent of CPIM in the area has been informed and the issue is being discussed with the office of the Chief Electoral Officer. Election Commission of West Bengal on Tuesday (16 December 2025) after SIR draft Voters A list was released in which about Names of about 58 lakh people were deleted.
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