The government authorities on Wednesday carried out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Gulshan Colony, a Muslim-dominated area of Kolkata. With a population of nearly 1.5 lakhs, Gulshan Colony has only around 2,500-3,000 registered voters. Help Desk incharge from TMC Mehrabuddin Khan denied the allegations of the opposition BJP that Rohingya or Bangladeshi were living here.

Help Desk incharge from TMC Mehrab Khan said, “The population of Gulshan Colony is around 1-1.5 lakhs. The number of voters is around 2500-3000. The rest of the people are in the process of becoming voters. The process of getting their votes transferred here is underway. The Gulshan Colony is around 20-25 years old. The population did not increase suddenly. It happened gradually. There was so sudden influx from an

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