Serious concerns about electoral transparency have emerged in parts of Bengal following large-scale deletions of names from voter lists, triggering protests in North 24-Parganas and Malda districts. They appeared for the hearings, but on the preliminary “final” list that was published on February 28, all 358 were kept under adjudication. When the first supplementary list was published on Monday night, only 18 names were included, leaving the remaining 340 voters unaccounted for. Despite attending hearings and submitting documents, 427 names have been excluded from the first supplementary list. His name even appeared on the 2002 SIR list.

Source: The Telegraph March 26, 2026 01:55 UTC