1 min readKolkataApr 7, 2026 04:45 AM IST
In a relief to Congress candidate Md Mottakin Alam, the appellate Tribunal on Monday ordered the Election Commission to include his name in the voters’ list in West Bengal after it was deleted during the adjudication process of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.
Monday was the last day for filing nomination papers for the Ratua Assembly seat from where Congress has fielded Alam.
Following the appellate Tribunal’s order, Alam filed his nomination papers.
Earlier in the day, Alam’s case was mentioned in the Supreme Court, which ordered the Tribunal to dispose of his case by 12.30 pm on Monday.
On Sunday, the Tribunal had passed a similar order, directing the Election Commission to include the name of Congress’ Farakka candidate Mohtab Sheikh in the voters’ list. Sheikh, too, had approached the apex court.
In the 2016 Assembly polls, Alam had won from Manikchak on a Congress ticket. Five years later, he lost the election.
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