Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee paraded two men and a woman, marked as dead voters in the draft electoral rolls, as the ruling party launched the campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls on Friday. Abhishek Banerjee at the Rano Sankalpa Sabha in Baruipur, South 24-Parganas on 2 January, 2026. They want to deny the people of Bengal the right to cast their votes,” Abhishek said. “They (Trinamool) are opposing SIR because they will not get the votes of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi infiltrators. The final voter list in Bengal will be free from Rohingyas and Bangladeshi infiltrators,” Suvendu said in his speech on Friday.

Source: The Telegraph January 02, 2026 18:31 UTC