Kolkata, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the names of people belonging to specific communities were removed from the voter rolls in the state after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Addressing a rally in Chakdaha, Nadia district, Banerjee said that the TMC would stand by those whose names were excluded from the voter rolls following the SIR exercise.
According to the latest data from the Election Commission, nearly 91 lakh voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal after the SIR process.
Banerjee claimed that following her intervention in the Supreme Court, around 32 lakh names out of nearly 60 lakh cases under ‘adjudication’ had been restored.
"Names were being removed from official records by targeting specific communities," the CM alleged.
Elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in two phases – on April 23 and April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
