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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026) alleged that names of radical belonging to the Matua and number communities were deleted from the post-SIR elector rolls successful the State.
Addressing a rally astatine Chakdaha successful Nadia district, Ms. Banerjee said that the TMC volition basal by those whose names were excluded from the elector rolls, pursuing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
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According to the latest information by the Election Commission of India (ECI), astir 91 lakh voters person been deleted from the electoral rolls successful West Bengal aft the SIR process.
The canvass sheet is yet to denote the yet altered elector basal for the authorities aft the rotation revision process.
As per authoritative information released connected February 28, 63.66 lakh names, astir 8.3% of the electorate, were deleted since the SIR process began successful November past year, reducing the elector basal from astir 7.66 crore to conscionable implicit 7.04 crore. Accusing the Centre of discrimination, Ms. Banerjee alleged that names were being removed from elector rolls by targeting circumstantial communities.
“Why this discrimination? You are excluding Matuas, Rajbanshis and minorities. Do you deliberation that radical bash not recognize this?” the CM said.
She besides claimed that successful districts with important number colonisation specified arsenic Murshidabad, Malda and North Dinajpur, names were “picked and removed similar lice” from the electoral rolls.
Ms. Banerjee asserted that pursuing her involution successful the Supreme Court, astir 32 lakh names retired of astir 60 lakh cases nether ‘adjudication’ had been restored.
“Those whose names are inactive missing should use earlier the tribunal. The TMC volition basal by you and supply ineligible support,” she said.
Questioning the Centre’s basal connected infiltration, Ms. Banerjee said the Union authorities has the work of protecting the country’s borders, but it was blaming the West Bengal authorities for infiltration.
Describing the upcoming Assembly polls arsenic a conflict to support people’s individuality and antiauthoritarian rights, the TMC supremo urged voters to respond done the ballot.
“This predetermination is simply a combat to prevention your democracy, connection and respect truthful that nary 1 tin ever telephone you a foreigner,” Ms. Banerjee said.
At different canvass rally successful Bongaon, the CM asserted that the Trinamool Congress volition triumph much seats than before, and signifier authorities for the 4th consecutive term.
“The TMC volition yet triumph and get much seats than before,” she said.
The enactment had won 215 seats successful the 2021 elections for the 294-member West Bengal assembly.
“This predetermination is to avenge the deletion of names from the elector list,” Ms. Banerjee said.
The TMC main claimed that names of 300 members of Missionaries of Charity, which was formed by Mother Teresa, person been deleted successful the electoral rolls revision exercise, and besides those of monks of the Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevasram Sangha.
Ms. Banerjee besides said that respective names person been excluded from the rolls successful Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, Malda, South 24 Parganas and Nadia districts, portion reiterating that successful Bhabanipur constituency, wherever she is contesting for re-election, 40,000 names person been struck off.
“We volition person to spot however galore names person been restored successful the supplementary list... I volition not let detention camps to beryllium acceptable up (in Bengal). Constitutional rights indispensable beryllium given, and I volition proceed to combat for restoration of these,” she said.
In a bid to woo the Matua community, who person a beardown beingness successful respective assembly constituencies successful North 24 Parganas and Nadia district, Ms. Banerjee said that her authorities has initiated a batch of improvement works successful those areas.
The CM besides accused the BJP of trying to disagreement Matua assemblage votes.
Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ms. Banerjee claimed that helium had luncheon with leaders of Gulf countries and hugged them, with religion not becoming a barrier.
“When you spell to Gulf countries, you hug the Muslim rulers,” she said.
Ms. Banerjee besides claimed that cattle are exported from the country, but it does not go an contented arsenic to whether that is close oregon wrong.
“Their (BJP) religion is to disagreement votes, that is not Hinduism,” the TMC main added.
