Kolkata, March 3. More names are likely to be removed from the electoral roll of the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in West Bengal, represented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at the end of the ongoing judicial review of voter documents, sources said.
According to statistics available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, the number of voter documents that have been referred for judicial review after being classified under the "logical discrepancy" category is quite high at 14,154.
In the final voter list for West Bengal, minus the cases referred for judicial review, a total of 47,111 names have already been removed from Bhabanipur. Now, the names that are likely to be removed in the judicial review process will be added to the figure of 47,111 that have already been removed.
The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, had already said that the high number of voters already removed in Bhabanipur and those heading for removal in the judicial review process is a "danger signal" for the Chief Minister.
"In Bhabanipur, there are not enough voters left to ensure the Chief Minister's victory in the upcoming Assembly elections," Adhikari said.
However, Mamata Banerjee had expressed confidence that she would win from the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency "even if one voter is left" there.
However, at the same time, she had maintained her scathing attacks against the Election Commission of India (ECI).
"The ECI has deliberately removed genuine voters. I am shocked. This is a very sad and inhumane situation. They have removed the names of so many voters in my Bhabanipur constituency. It is a conspiracy hatched by the Election Commission with the help of the BJP. Despite massive deletions in my constituency, I will still win even if there is one voter left," CM Banerjee said.