The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen for a hearing regarding a "logical discrepancy" in his voter roll enumeration form, specifically an age difference of less than 15 years with his mother. The ECI clarified this was a routine procedural step for cases with blank linkage columns, not a targeted action. Opposition leaders criticized the notice, calling it "intellectual suicide" and "absurd bureaucratism," while the West Bengal CEO's office stated the process was uniform for all voters with similar issues, with hearings conducted at home for those over 85.