Overview
- Calling the poll body a 'Tughlaqi Commission,' the West Bengal chief minister accused it of acting to benefit the BJP and of inflicting 'torture' on voters.
- She alleged roughly 40,000 names have disappeared from the rolls in her Bhowanipore constituency out of a little over 200,000 registered voters.
- Banerjee said Election Commission portal access was blocked on February 14 before a Supreme Court hearing, which she claims stopped disposal of completed verifications.
- She objected to the suspension of seven assistant electoral registration officers deputed from the state, asserting they were denied show-cause notices or a hearing.
- BJP leaders rejected her claims, with Agnimitra Paul urging legal recourse and Sudhanshu Trivedi citing the court’s view that the Special Summary Revision is transparent; Banerjee also linked SIR pressures to 160 deaths and alleged targeted deletions affecting minorities and other vulnerable groups.