Overview

• On August 1, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya accused TMC leaders of issuing fake voter cards from Barasat to Madhyamgram to include illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants.
• He claimed Booth Level Officers are being threatened to keep bogus names on electoral rolls to preserve a TMC vote bank.
• Bhattacharya warned that these tactics undermine democratic norms and reflect the ruling party’s desperation to avoid electoral defeat.
• The BJP has formally demanded a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists to ensure free and fair polls in the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections.
• The TMC dismissed the allegations as communal rhetoric and a backdoor bid to impose NRC, while the BJP cautioned that the fallout has fueled discrimination against Bengali migrant workers nationwide.