Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee announced that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will stage a protest in Kolkata on March 6. This protest is in response to alleged deletions from the final voters’ list in West Bengal after the SIR process. Banerjee stated that the BJP is attempting to influence election results by deleting genuine voters and claimed that over one crore voters were targeted for deletion.
The dharna, scheduled for March 6 at Esplanade in central Kolkata, is a move to oppose the arbitrary deletion of names from the voters’ list. Abhishek Banerjee criticized the Election Commission for not disclosing a list of identified Bangladeshis and Rohingyas from the SIR process in Bengal. He emphasized that the deletion of genuine voters will not benefit the BJP in the upcoming Assembly polls.
Abhishek Banerjee expressed concerns over the exclusion of a significant number of names, labeling it as undemocratic. He accused the Election Commission of restricting the voting rights of common people under the guise of revising the voters’ list. Banerjee called into question the Election Commission’s role in the matter and held it accountable for the consequences of the SIR process in Bengal.
Party members and supporters from various regions are expected to join Mamata Banerjee at the dharna on March 6 to show solidarity against the deletion of names from the voters’ list.
