India, Jan. 24 -- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday expressed concerns about the Special Intensive Revision Process in West Bengal, warning that the exercise is being conducted with "undue haste." Sen also said that this may jeopardise the democratic process, particularly with the assembly elections close by.

The 92-year-old economist was speaking in an interview with PTI during an interview in Boston. While he said that SIR can be a "good democratic process," Sen also added that those conditions are "missing" in Bengal's case.

"A thorough review of electoral rolls done carefully with adequate time can be a good democratic procedure, but this is not what is happening in West Bengal at this time," Sen was quoted as saying.

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