KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Friday, accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of deliberately targeting the minority voters for deletion through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.
She also claimed that around 90, 000 voters in the minority-dominated Malda district are slated to be deleted in the final voters' list.
"The grievance of the people from the minority community is quite justified. The voters from this community are specially targeted. I heard that the names of 90, 000 voters in Malda district alone are being considered for deletion. Besides the voters from the minority community, the voters from backward class communities like Matuas, Rajvansis, and tribal communities are also being targeted. They are not sparing even acclaimed persons like Amartya Sen and poet Joy Goswami, among others, " the Chief Minister told media persons at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata before leaving for North Bengal.