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Left Front objects to order of Election Commission

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Kolkata: The ruling Left Front has reservations against the Election Commission order to delete from the electoral rolls the names of those against whom non-bailable warrants were pending for over six months.

The issue was discussed at a meeting of the Left Front committee on Monday, two days before the three-day visit of Chief Election Commissioner B.B. Tandon.

Deletion of names of persons not convicted in any case would be an infringement of their democratic and fundamental rights, Biman Bose, chairman of the Left Front committee, said.

Even if a person was convicted by a lower court, the option of moving the Supreme Court was available, Mr. Bose, who is also a Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), said.

Mr. Tandon will meet leaders of various political parties and also District Magistrates during his visit, official sources said. State Chief Electoral Officer Debashis Sen said show-cause notices had been issued to 25 Electoral Registration Officers for dereliction of duty during the revision of electoral rolls.

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