West Bengal Voter Roll Deletion Allegations

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of India — West Bengal and leader of the India — Trinamool Congress, has accused the India — Election Commission of India (ECI) of unilaterally deleting 5.4 million names from the draft electoral rolls in India — West Bengal. She alleges that the ECI misused the powers of electoral registration officers and employed AI tools, supposedly devised by the India — Bharatiya Janata Party, to remove 'genuine electors' without due process. Banerjee claims that many affected voters, including women who changed surnames post-marriage, were not informed of the deletions or given a chance to defend themselves. She further alleges a 'BJP-EC nexus' is planning to remove an additional one crore names, including prominent figures like Amartya Sen and Bala Mohammed, under the guise of 'logical discrepancy'. Banerjee has written multiple letters to Chief Election Commissioner Bhuvneshwar Kumar, describing the Special Intensive Revision process as 'fundamentally flawed' and accusing the ECI of disregarding established legal procedures.