Soon after the Election Commission (EC) announced the dates for the second phase of the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls in nine states, including West Bengal, the ruling TMC and the Opposition BJP in the state engaged in a war of words.

While the TMC said it will oppose the deletion of voters’ names, the BJP alleged that the ruling party was scared of losing its “votebank of illegal Bangladeshis”.

Reacting sharply to the EC’s move, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said the party will “democratically protest” any attempt to remove genuine voters from the list.

“Our leaders are analysing the EC’s announcement about the SIR. We are always for flawless voters’ lists. Our leader, Mamata Banerjee , has always demanded that. So, we are not against it, but if any genuine vot

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