Overview
- At a Thursday press conference, TMC leaders accused the BJP and sections of the Election Commission of orchestrating “silent rigging” by digitally removing thousands of legitimate voters before the Special Intensive Revision.
- The party said it has lodged a formal complaint with the EC and is compiling booth-wise documentation of alleged discrepancies for a full investigation.
- Cited instances include Khapaidanga’s Booth No. 303 listing 140 voters now versus 770 in 2002 and Ashoknagar’s Booth 159 displaying zero voters despite roughly 900 in 2002, with similar gaps reported in Cooch Behar.
- Local residents in Cooch Behar protested at the District Magistrate’s office over missing names, while recent reports from North Bengal describe panic and distress linked to the SIR process.
- BJP leaders have declined to comment on the specific allegations, and the Election Commission’s public response to the new complaint was not reported.