SIR row: Mamata claims names of people belonging to 'specific communities' deleted from voter rolls

NEW DELHI: West Bengal main curate and Trinamool Congress (TMC) person Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday accused authorities of selectively removing names from the state’s elector rolls pursuing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) workout up of the forthcoming assembly elections.Addressing a rally successful Chakdaha successful Nadia district, Mamata said the TMC would enactment individuals whose names were excluded from the electoral registry aft the latest revision process. According to the Election Commission, astir 91 lakh voters person been deleted from the rolls successful West Bengal arsenic portion of the post‑SIR update, quality bureau PTI reported.The CM claimed a ample fig of names had been reinstated aft her interventions successful the Supreme Court.

“Following her involution successful the Supreme Court, astir 32 lakh names retired of astir 60 lakh cases nether ‘adjudication’ had been restored,” she said, indicating that astir fractional of the disputed entries were enactment backmost connected the rolls pursuing ineligible action.The main curate further alleged that “names were being removed from authoritative records by targeting circumstantial communities,” suggesting that the deletions were not random but aimed astatine peculiar groups.The West Bengal assembly polls are scheduled successful 2 phases, with voting connected April 23 and April 29, and counting of votes acceptable for May 4.