Kolkata: A day after 63.7 lakh Bengal voters were marked ‘deleted’ and over 60 lakh placed ‘under adjudication’ on Bengal’s electoral roll, MLAs, councillors and party workers began reaching out to those affected, helping them fill in Form 6 to get their names relisted.In Rashbehari, MLA Debasis Kumar said teams began work as early as Saturday night. “Our workers are visiting the homes of those, whose names were deleted, with copies of Form 6 and guiding them through the process of fresh application. We have a database of voters and divided them into groups to ensure outreach to all affected residents,” he said.The initiative cut across party lines. Sajal Ghosh, BJP councillor from ward 50, was also seen assisting residents. “A majority of deleted names appear to be rightly struck off as disputed voters. But for those who are confused or believe there is an error, I am helping them file Form 6,” he said.In south Kolkata’s Behala, the scale of deletions triggered an immediate mobilisation. “In Behala East, 374 fresh names were marked ‘deleted’ and 9,102 were placed ‘under adjudication’. In Behala West, 1,006 names were marked ‘deleted’ and over 11,000 voters are on ‘under adjudication’ list,” said Ratna Chatterjee.She said party workers were contacting every affected voter to facilitate re-entry into the rolls. “We are helping them fill in Form 6 online. One positive aspect is that those who submitted domicile certificates during the hearing largely do not feature in the deleted or adjudication lists. That suggests their documents were accepted,” she added.On Sunday, long queues were visible outside SIR help desks set up by elected representatives across the city.At Pratapaditya Road, around 10 people were waiting outside a camp by Mala Roy around 12.30 pm. Among them was Dipti Sardar, a resident of Chetla, who said she was struggling to understand why her name was deleted. “My father’s surname was mistakenly recorded as Sarkar on the 2002 list, which was later corrected to Sardar. Both of us were called for a hearing as our names appeared on the logical discrepancy list. While he was cleared, my name was marked ‘deleted’ on the list published on Saturday,” she said while filling in Form 6.Confusion was evident in Bhowanipore. Pramod Kumar Prasad said his name was flagged on the ‘logical discrepancy’ list due to a wide age gap between him and his father. “I submitted my birth and Madhyamik certificates during the hearing, clearly mentioning my date of birth. Despite that, my name was deleted,” he said while standing outside the office of ward 70 councillor Asim Biswas at Northern Park. “I will fill in Form 6 and try to get my name relisted.“
