As West Bengal moves closer to the Assembly Elections due next year, political slugfest is intensifying by the day in the state.

BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday said after meeting the state’s Chief Electoral Officer that at least one crore voters’ names will be deleted when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is conducted in West Bengal.

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It may be noted that the Election Commission of India has announced an SIR for West Bengal after successfully conducting a similar exercise in Bihar which goes to polls next month.

Adhikari said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been speaking out against the Bengal SIR as she is losing ground in the state. He claimed that about one crore names will get re

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