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Senior Tripura Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) said Booth Level Officers (BLOs) volition beryllium publically "beaten up" if they effort to delete names of immoderate genuine voters oregon see immoderate fake names during the projected SIR of electoral rolls successful the State.
Addressing a grooming programme for the party's booth-level agents for the projected workout successful Indranagar successful Agartala, Mr. Roy Barman said Congress wants a transparent and error-free electoral roll, and would not let what "had happened successful Maharashtra, Bihar and Haryana" successful Tripura.
"The Congress has nary objection if names of dormant voters oregon overseas citizens are deleted from the electoral rolls, but immoderate unethical signifier to see fake oregon shade voters, duplicate, oregon triplicate names volition not beryllium allowed. It is the work of the Election Commission to hole error-free electoral rolls," helium said.
Mr. Roy Barman said determination volition beryllium dire consequences if the BLOs effort to follow immoderate unethical signifier to see fake names, successful the electoral rolls.
"Tripura is simply a tiny State wherever everybody knows everybody. If immoderate BLO tries to delete the names of genuine voters oregon see immoderate fake names nether unit from the ruling party, helium oregon she volition beryllium beaten up publicly," helium said.
Later, Mr. Roy Barman told reporters the ruling BJP allegedly wanted to halt the grooming programme and prevented decorators from putting up loudspeakers, providing chairs and erecting a stage.
"Despite these obstacles, we person been capable to kick-start the grooming for the BLAs and booth presidents nether unfastened sky," helium said.
Targeting Chief Minister Manik Saha, helium said, "I anticipation the 'leader of bully governance' volition instrumentality due steps astir this truthful that we get a just accidental to organise governmental programmes".
