Banerjee, addressing a large gathering in Kolkata, alleged that SIR is a politically motivated attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to manipulate the voter list. TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee accused the Centre of using the revision to “intimidate and disenfranchise” voters

The Election Commission’s (EC) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began on Tuesday across nine states and three Union Territories, sparking political uproar in several regions. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led the Opposition charge, calling the exercise “silent, invisible rigging” during a rally in Kolkata, news agency PTI reported.

Apart from Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC), Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies have also opposed the EC’s mo

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