Alleging that the TMC had hatched a conspiracy to include names of infiltrators in the electoral rolls, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claimed that while the party was objecting to the SIR exercise, people whose names have been deleted for “rightful reasons” did not protest.

Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, Mr. Fadnavis said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has constitutional provisions to address grievances of those left out of the electoral rolls.

“Those whose names were deleted for rightful reasons did not protest. Why does only the TMC have an issue? The Supreme Court made certain observations about SIR but did not stop it, yet the TMC wanted to halt the process altogether,” he said.

“The SIR has constitutional provisions that till the end, if any wronged person seeks redressal, they can take legal recourse and appeal. I hail the Supreme Court order in this regard,” he said.

Mr. Fadnavis asserted that such an exercise should be conducted every 10 years to remove names of the dead, shifted, and unauthorised voters, alleging that the ruling TMC opposed it to win the upcoming Assembly polls through “fraudulent means”.

– PTI