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Ex-Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal to Sue Mahua Moitra for Defamation Over SIR Allegations
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News18•06-10-2026, 20:02
Ex-Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal to Sue Mahua Moitra for Defamation Over SIR Allegations
- •Former West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal has dismissed TMC MP Mahua Moitra's allegations regarding SIR as completely baseless.
- •Agarwal announced that he is seeking legal advice and preparing to file a defamation suit against Mahua Moitra for tarnishing his image.
- •He clarified that the CEO does not possess the independent statutory authority to add or remove any voter's name from the electoral list.
- •Agarwal explained that voter list updates follow a strict legal process handled by EROs, DEOs, and appellate authorities under judicial supervision.
- •He maintained that all electoral data for booths across the state was transparently published online and the SIR process was entirely lawful.
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Former West Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal dismissed TMC MP Mahua Moitra's allegations regarding the SIR process as baseless and announced that he is seeking legal advice to initiate defamation proceedings against her.
Manoj Agarwal clarified that the Chief Electoral Officer does not have the statutory authority to independently add or remove any voter's name, noting that such processes are handled according to law through roles like the Electoral Registration Officer.
Agarwal stated that electoral data for all 80,681 booths across the state was uploaded to the CEO's website, detailing deceased, duplicate, shifted, and absent voters so the public could view it and file objections using Forms 6, 7, and 8.
