Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] July 1 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Keya Ghosh on Wednesday slammed the opposition, saying that it wanted to go to extreme lengths, including legal interventions by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to derail the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the State prior to the Assembly elections 2026.
Speaking to ANI, she further slammed the opposition alliance, saying that their entire vote bank consists of deceased voters, relocated voters, and infiltrators, adding that they have a fear of losing this vote bank and hence facing defeat.
She underlined that the BJP's victory in West Bengal was inevitable and independent of the Special Intensive Revision process.
"This opposition alliance wanted to go to any lengths to stop the SIR process; Mamata Banerjee even went to court. The entire opposition's vote bank consists of deceased voters, relocated voters, and infiltrators--groups through which they used to win repeatedly. Now, they fear that if this core vote bank is lost, they will face defeat. We had stated before the West Bengal elections that regardless of whether SIR was implemented or not, the 'lotus' would bloom in West Bengal. They will say anything after losing. if they have objections to the SIR, they are free to approach the High Court, the Supreme Court, or wherever else they wish," she said.
The remarks came as the SIR of electoral rolls began with a house-to-house visit of the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in five states, including Delhi, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, re-igniting a tug of war between the ruling and the opposition camps on Tuesday.
The draft roll will be published on August 5, with claims and objections from August 5 to September 4. The notice phase and disposal will conclude on October 3, and the final electoral roll will be published on October 7.