Voter deletion allegations ‘false’

Allegations of "large-scale voter deletion" in India's West Bengal are "false" and "fabricated" and an attempt to further vested political interests, the Election Commission has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit. The allegations are being spread as a "narrative" in the media to gain political mileage, the poll body said.

The voter list revision is constitutional, regular and necessary process, the Commission said in the affidavit filed in response to a petition filed on the Special Intensive Revision or SIR issue by Trinamool Congress MP Dola Sen.

The state's ruling Trinamool Congress along with the rest of the opposition, contends that SIR is just a means to disenfranchise their supporters and ensure a mandate for the BJP.