Overview
- Suvendu Adhikari said he filed an RTI and wrote to Municipal Commissioner Sumit Gupta seeking comparative issuance data for Oct 6–Nov 5 in 2025 and the same period in 2024.
- He requested breakdowns for total certificates, late registrations for those born before 2007, entries for non-residents outside KMC jurisdiction, and recent births.
- KMC Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh rejected the charge as misleading and said certificates are issued only for births within KMC jurisdiction under legal norms.
- Trinamool Congress leader Jay Prakash Majumdar dismissed the claim as preposterous and suggested the BJP pursue court action if it has specific evidence.
- The allegations come as the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision is underway in 12 states and UTs, with no independent verification or ECI probe announced despite Adhikari urging an investigation.