Spooked By Bengal’s ‘Ghost Voters’, TMC And BJP Urge Election Fee To ‘Exorcise’ Downside – News18
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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the BJP is including outsiders as voters to the electoral rolls by way of on-line assets forward of subsequent yr’s meeting polls. The BJP, which has all the time raised the matter of bogus voters in Bengal with an infiltration angle, has…Learn Extra
The election remains to be a few yr away, however each events are gearing up, utilizing the ‘ghost voters’ situation guilty one another and pressurise the EC. They’re additionally planning door-to-door visits to look at the scenario. (Representational pic/PTI)
Ghost voters will not be a brand new phenomenon in West Bengal politics. However with the meeting elections subsequent yr, each the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) have latched on to the topic whereas attacking one another.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the BJP is including outsiders as voters to the electoral rolls by way of on-line assets. She has additionally fashioned a committee in her occasion with all senior leaders to overview the voters’ listing.
On February 27, the TMC chief stated in a gathering: “Bengal respects bohiragotos (outsiders) as friends however won’t permit them to occupy Bengal. Their sport is to seize Bengal and erase our tradition. I’ve proof that they’re placing in outsiders’ names on-line by way of information operators. They did this factor in Maharashtra and Delhi. There they might not perceive this sport, however Bengal won’t permit this.”
Mamata tried to place up proof of faux voters being added from states like Haryana and Gujarat, drawing parallels with related techniques allegedly utilized in Delhi and Maharashtra, the place polls have been held not too long ago and received by the BJP and its allies. She additionally warned that if corrective measures will not be taken, indefinite protests outdoors the Election Fee’s workplace will comply with.
It’s clear that the TMC will construct up the preliminary election narrative alongside this line.
The BJP, which has all the time raised the matter of bogus voters in Bengal with an infiltration angle, has additionally taken up this situation from a special perspective. Suvendu Adhikari, Agnimitra Paul, and a gaggle of MLAs visited the Election Fee workplace on Friday and complained about how Ansarullah Bangla Group terrorist Unhappy Radi allegedly voted twice in West Bengal. Additionally they requested how the names of Rohingyas and Muslims from outdoors are purportedly on the voter rolls. Adhikari has additionally written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner on Mamata’s allegations in opposition to the EC.
“16 lakh duplicate voters have been there. We’ve got given their listing to the EC earlier than 2024. A few of these names have been deleted, however we wish to know below whose instruction terrorists get their names on the voters’ listing. They’ve modified the demography of the bordering state. What about that?” he stated.
Adhikari additionally stated the EC advised him that claims of Haryana and Maharashtra voters being enrolled in Bengal are baseless.
The election remains to be a few yr away, however each events are gearing up, utilizing the “ghost voters” situation guilty one another and pressurise the EC. They’re additionally planning door-to-door visits to look at the scenario.
The 2021 polls in Bengal noticed a fierce contest between the TMC and BJP, and observers anticipate extra of the identical this time.
