Retired Calcutta High Court judge Shahidullah Munshi said his name was deleted from the West Bengal voter list after SIR scrutiny. He plans to approach an appellate tribunal, while political parties and the Election Commission remain involved in the dispute
The Election Commission has published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision, deleting over 58 lakh names due to death, migration, duplicates, and other discrepancies. Hearings for affected voters are expected to begin next week
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of enabling "vote theft," citing voter deletions in Karnataka and Maharashtra. He demanded transparency from Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while the EC dismissed the allegations as "incorrect and baseless
