Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) marked Nationwide Voters’ Day on Sunday by holding rallies in opposition to the foundations of the continuing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, as chief minister Mamata Banerjee attacked the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) on social media.
“Election Commission of India is celebrating Nationwide Voters’ Day this day, and what a tragic farce that is! The Commission — working as His Grasp’s Assert — is busy now in snatching away other folk’s voting rights, and in converse that they’ve the temerity to celebrate Voters’ Day! I am deeply distressed and scared by their behavior this day,” Banerjee wrote in a put up.
“As a replace of complying with the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s verdict and dealing as per rules and norms to offer and offer protection to the democratic voting rights of different folk, ECI is finding more contemporary and more contemporary pretexts in the title of logical discrepancy to annoy the oldsters and rob a peek at to disclaim them and rob away from them their electoral rights! On behalf of BJP, their Grasp, they are busy in bulldozing the Opposition and destroying the foundation of Indian democracy, and but they’ve the center to celebrate Voters’ Day!!” Banerjee added.
Insist industries and commerce minister Shashi Panja, who went to a hearing centre in her Shyampukur constituency in Kolkata on Sunday, replied to a hearing survey despatched by the Election Commission of India (ECI). “The honour stated my title did no longer figure in the 2002 voters’ checklist even supposing I modified into very unprecedented a voter for the time being. They did no longer summon my husband or my two daughters. I submitted all documents listed by ECI as proof of proof but they for the time being are inquiring for a replica of my passport,” she stated.
“If ECI’s tool is mistaken then they must rectify it. Why are they harassing other folk in the title of errors and logistical discrepancy?” she added.
Officers at the hearing centre did no longer tell on Panja’s allegation.
BJP converse unit president Samik Bhattacharya alleged that TMC identical old booth-level officers (BLOs) to introduce errors in the knowledge they mild. “It’s miles no longer beautiful that her (Panja’s) documents beget flaws. TMC identical old BLOs to introduce errors so that it could per chance per chance per chance additionally target the SIR task,” Bhattacharya stated.
As directed by the Supreme Court, the ECI on Sunday started exhibiting the lists of voters whose recordsdata reveals logical discrepancy or who could per chance per chance additionally no longer be mapped. The lists beget been displayed at block pattern and panchayat locations of work.
Summoned subsequent week for a an analogous reason, TMC’s social media cell head Debangshu Bhattacharya alleged that the ECI has identical old man made intelligence (AI) to trace social media profiles of voters to detect their political affiliation. “They are the usage of AI to trace social media profiles of residents. Especially these having hyperlinks with TMC are being summoned,” Bhattacharya stated.
Minister of converse for finance Chandrima Bhattacharya, who modified into leading one of many mumble rallies on Sunday, alleged that the ECI modified into deliberately deleting the names of valid voters and that ladies — for whom the chief minister rolled out a total lot of welfare schemes over the years — beget been being particularly centered.
“There are deliberate attempts to delete names and girls are being centered more,” Bhattacharya stated whereas leading a rally by ladies TMC workers in south Kolkata.
Meanwhile, Dibyendu Garai, a micro-observer concerned about the SIR in South Dinajpur district’s Kumarganj, lodged a complaint alleging that he modified into assaulted whereas on accountability on Saturday.
A district first charge stated the ECI has directed the local block pattern officer (BDO) to file a picture on the alleged incident.
Samik Bhattacharya accused the TMC of assaulting Garai for doing his accountability, however the ruling event denied the allegation.
“There could be no proof of the TMC’s involvement. No one has the factual to assault an officer concerned about SIR, but other folk must also deem why there is such resentment in opposition to it,” TMC spokesperson Arup Chakraborty advised the local media.
