Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- Amid claims of Amartya Sen being summoned over Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Chief Electoral Office of West Bengal has clarified that the notice to the Nobel laureate was issued after the Electoral Roll Officers' Network (ERONET) portal flagged a "logical discrepancy".

The Chief Electoral Office of West Bengal said that the age difference between Professor Sen, who is a voter in the Bolpur assembly constituency in West Bengal's Birbhum, and his mother, Amita Sen, was less than 15 years.

It said that the notice for Amartya Sen was generated "in parity with the other discrepancy cases".

"The Enumeration Form of Amartya Sen an overseas elector, was received by his family member Shantabhanu Sen who linked him wit...