A BJP district council candidate from Maharashtra, Ujjwala Burungle, has been discovered on the voter list for Ward No. 12 of Dubrajpur Municipality in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. This revelation has led to a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing notice being issued to her. The incident has stirred political tensions in the area.
Burungle, residing in Nashik, Maharashtra, was a BJP candidate in the 2026 District Council elections in her home state. Surprisingly, her name has now surfaced on the West Bengal voter list of 2025. She submitted an enumeration form during the SIR process, triggering a hearing notice due to discrepancies in her voter registration details, with her name appearing in Ward No. 12 of Dubrajpur Municipality in Birbhum.
The Trinamool Congress has alleged that fake names are being added to the West Bengal voter list by the BJP to manipulate the upcoming Assembly polls. They claim that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s repeated accusations are being validated. In response, a local Trinamool leader stated that the BJP is attempting to include illegal voters in the state’s voter list, urging the Election Commission to investigate.
Anup Saha, the BJP MLA from Dubrajpur Assembly constituency, assured that the Election Commission will probe the matter of Burungle’s dual voter list entries. He emphasized the need for an investigation into how her name ended up on voter lists in two different states. Burungle’s connection to West Bengal’s electoral rolls is traced back to her husband’s involvement in the gold business in Dubrajpur, Birbhum, 17 years ago.
