Bongaon : Union minister and BJP MP Shantanu Thakur on Thursday claimed that around 1.2 crore “illegal voters” could be removed from West Bengal’s electoral rolls through the EC’s special intensive revision (SIR), drawing a sharp rebuttal from the Trinamool Congress, which warned the move would mostly hurt Matua refugees.

Speaking at a Vijaya Sammilani event at Gaighata in North 24 Parganas district, Thakur, a prominent leader of the Matua community, said the SIR would ensure a transparent voter list and remove what he termed as “Rohingyas, infiltrators and ghost voters ” from the state’s electoral rolls.

“If SIR is implemented properly, the TMC government will have no escape route. At least one crore to 1.2 crore people who have illegally become voters in West Bengal will be deleted.

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