Friday, February 10 2006 10:26 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kolkata: Intensive revision of electoral rolls has so far led to deletion of 9.89 lakh names of dead, shifted and false voters in West Bengal where assembly election are due, state's Chief Electoral Officer Debasish Sen said today (Feb 10,2006).

On the other hand, till January 24, 21 lakh new names have been included in the electoral rolls, Sen said.

Observing that all new names should be either included or excluded in the rolls by February 10, Sen said the state election department had been asked to prepare the list by February 12 before the stipulated date of the publication of the final electoral roll on February 22.

To a question, the CEO said all the 19 election observers, who visited the state for the second time, left for Delhi today.

"They will meet Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon in Delhi tomorrow and submit their reports to him," he added.

The CEO said he had been informing the EC about the law and order situation in West Bengal on a weekly basis, adding that he had asked his department to prepare a list of 'habitual offenders' as had been sought by the EC.

"Such a list is nearly ready and will be submitted to the EC, as and when required," Sen added.