Suvendu Adhikari calls for Bihar-like SIR in West Bengal

BJP in west Bengal has called for Bihar like SIR in West Bengal, Party leader Suvendu Adhikari claim, “there are one crore Rohingya immigrants and Bangladeshi Muslim voters in West Bengal.”  Addressing reporters in Howrah, said the state's electoral rolls are riddled with deceased voters, duplicate entries and fake voters. The Election Commission of India should remove these names to ensure the credibility of the voter list," Adhikari said.

#WATCH | Howrah, West Bengal | State Assembly LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari says, "...There are nearly one crore Rohingya immigrants, Bangladeshi Muslim voters, deceased voters, duplicate entries, and fake voters in West Bengal. The Election Commission of India should… pic.twitter.com/tFqROXIlTb

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Earlier, West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya accused the TMC of "orchestrating a conspiracy" to include Bangladeshis in the state's electoral rolls, asserting that the ruling party was "hearing its death knell" as it shields infiltrators to preserve its vote bank.Bhattacharya alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led government was misusing state machinery to protect illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and the Rohingya community in order to manipulate electoral outcomes.