Overview
- Mamata Banerjee warned of a mass uprising and public outburst if valid voters are removed during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- She alleged intimidation of state officials by Election Commission personnel, named Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal, cast the process as an NRC-type exercise, and questioned a 15-day timeline during festivals and flood recovery while citing a reported claim that 1.5 crore names would be deleted.
- BJP leaders countered that she is trying to incite riots and mislead the public, defended the drive as targeting fake voters, and reiterated a stance of detect and deport.
- Trinamool Congress MP Partha Bhowmick warned the state would see violence if a single genuine voter is deleted and urged supporters to chase and detain BJP leaders in such cases.
- The Election Commission rejected bias allegations, called the revision a standard roll cleanup, and said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has been reviewing preparations with officials in Kolkata, Rajarhat and Barasat.