CM Mamata Banerjee Slams EC Over 1.2 Cr 'Deleted' Voters

Accusing the Election Commission (EC) and BJP of a “bias" to delete around 1.20 crore names in the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voters' list ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, chief minister 

Mamata Banerjee sounded confident on Monday of her retaining her assembly constituency, Bhowanipore, this time "even by one vote". 

“Around 1.20 crore voters are going to be deprived of their rights. I'm sad. On



Sunday a voter died in shock after being placed ‘under adjudication' despite submitting necessary documents including passport. I have feelings for the sufferers, poor and commoners. 

They didn't have any fault. They submitted everything. Still their names were deleted,” the CM said at a pre-Holi event in the city days after the EC axed around 63.66 lakh names and put another 60.6 lakh 'under adjudication' in the SIR roll.