Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday urged people to confront and \"tie up\" local BJP leaders if they asked for their parents’ birth certificates during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls or for NRC verification.

He made the remark after visiting the family of 57-year-old Pradeep Kar, who allegedly died by suicide at Panihati near here over fear of SIR and alleged NRC exercise.

Linking Kar's death directly to the SIR, Banerjee claimed that the anxiety created by the BJP and the Election Commission had driven the man to take the extreme step.

He accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of being responsible for the \"climate of panic\" and demanded criminal action.

\"Kar died due to anxiety

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