Abhishek Banerjee presents 3 'dead' voters at TMC rally; takes on EC, BJP

BARUIPUR: "I volition marque 3 ghosts walk," said Trinamool Congress nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee arsenic helium ushered successful 3 radical connected signifier - 2 men from Metiabruz successful Kolkata and a pistillate from Kakdwip successful South 24 Parganas - who helium said had been marked dormant during the SIR of Bengal's elector rolls. Flagging disconnected Trinamool's run for the 2026 assembly predetermination with a rally successful Baruipur connected Friday, Abhishek made it wide that SIR would beryllium the front-and-centre of the party's canvass pitch. Abhishek said, "The time earlier yesterday, we visited the EC's bureau successful Delhi. I asked (chief predetermination commissioner) Gyanesh Kumar to people the database of Bangladeshis whose names person been deleted. He couldn't bash it. Instead, helium raised his digit astatine me. I told him, you are nominated, we are elected. Who are you showing aggression to?" "They thought Trinamool would spell connected the backfoot if they showed flimsy aggression. But, we person shown what it is to beryllium a Bengali. One time Abhishek Banerjee went (to conscionable the CEC), Mamata Banerjee volition go, too. Who volition prevention you then?" Abhishek added. Introducing the 3 radical - Monirul Islam Molla, Harikrishna Giri and Maya Das - who were marked 'dead', Abhishek said determination were galore much specified instances. "In this (South 24 Parganas) district, 24 radical who are live person been shown dormant by EC," helium said. The TMC person successful Lok Sabha past went connected to slam BJP, saying: "In the sanction of logical discrepancies, 1.3 crore radical were sent notices to be SIR hearings. BJP tin nonstop (legal) notices to maine and Trinamool workers. But wherefore are notices being sent to communal people? In 2016, they (BJP) made radical basal successful enactment for demonetisation. Ten years later, they are making them basal successful enactment for SIR."