The Trinamool Congress stated that Richa Ghosh, who helped India win the Women’s World Cup, was shown as ‘under adjudication’ on the voter list that came out after the SIR on February 28th. The group charged the Election Commission with doing a ‘quiet, hidden fixing’ of the rolls and brought up Ghosh’s name being flagged in the final lists.
Changes to voter rolls after the SIR
After the SIR, the voter rolls in West Bengal got smaller – going down by roughly 8.30 percent from 7.66 crore to a little over 7.04 crore voters. People in the government said the final list showed 7,04,59,284 voters after people were taken off during the draft and final parts of the revision.
Around 60.06 lakh voters were marked as ‘under adjudication’ and are still waiting to be checked. An official explained that adjudication and including people is meant to keep good voters on the list while document checks and requests are still being done.
Richa Ghosh: athlete and public servant
Richa Ghosh, 22, is a wicketkeeper-batter from Siliguri and was on India’s 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup team that won. She made 235 runs in eight innings, hit more sixes than any other Indian woman in a single World Cup, and made important runs late in games.
After doing well in cricket, Ghosh joined the West Bengal Police as a Deputy Superintendent of Police, and now works as Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Siliguri Police Commissionerate. Because she is well-known to the public, it was noticed when she was put in the ‘under adjudication’ group.
What people and politicians are saying
The Trinamool Congress wrote on X that this was ‘systematic shaming planned to stop people voting’ and accused the Election Commission and their political rivals of going after voters in Bengal. The group presented Ghosh’s flagged status as a larger problem that affects both famous people and regular people.
What people against the government said was that the SIR process seemed to single out people who the public liked, which made people ask about how openly it was done and how delicate voter information was being managed. Election people in charge said that ‘under adjudication’ just means ongoing checking, and not that people are automatically taken off the list.
What ‘under adjudication’ means for voters
If a voter is listed as ‘under adjudication’, it means their name or the papers that back it up need more looking at before they’re fully accepted. According to election rules, this status holds a name for checking instead of right away taking away someone’s right to vote.
If people in charge confirm someone’s identity and that they are allowed to vote, the voter stays on the final list. If checking doesn’t go well, the name may be taken off. The goal of the process is to balance being correct with including people, though it can make people who are affected nervous.
Checking and what happens next
Local election people in charge usually follow up by checking papers, visiting homes, or asking for more proof. Voters who are flagged for adjudication can give in papers or come to certain offices to fix problems within set times.
In cases where the people involved are well-known, authorities might speed up checking to avoid public worry, but normal adjudications go through the usual ways. This argument shows how important it is for election people in charge to talk clearly to keep trust in the voter registration process.
Conclusion
The argument about Richa Ghosh’s adjudication status shows the tension between how correct voter rolls are and how much the public trusts them. As checking goes on, the result will show whether the process fixed a mistake in writing or showed bigger issues in how things are done that need changes to rules or how things are managed.
