Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday objected to the brand new guidelines of the Election Fee (EC) for the enrollment and verification of the voters.
The Trinamul Congress supremo alleged that the contemporary circumstances have been introduced to focus on Bengal, which might go to Meeting polls subsequent yr, somewhat than Bihar, additionally going to polls this yr.
She additionally suspected the EC of making an attempt to implement the Nationwide Register of Residents (NRC) on the behest of the BJP via ‘backdoors’ within the guise of citizenship doc verification.
Her assault on the EC got here days after the EC launched Particular Intensive Revision of the electoral roll, requiring the voters to submit considered one of 11 paperwork to confirm their date and place of origin.
Ms Banerjee, who has been at Digha in East Midnapore for the celebration of Rath Yatra on the newly inaugurated Jagannath Dham, mentioned, “I bought two letters from the EC, every with 25-30 pages however could not learn them intimately.”
She added, “What I understood after having a look at them is that the EC issued a declaration type for the voters born between July 1, 1987 and December 2, 2004 which is Annexure D in one of many letters, the place they should submit their mother and father’ beginning certificates.”
Ms Banerjee then identified, “I don’t perceive the aim of choosing these dates. That is nothing in need of a rip-off. I would like the EC to make clear whether it is making an attempt to implement the NRC via backdoors.”
She alleged, “This appears extra harmful than the NRC which each and every political occasion within the Opposition ought to block. Bihar is simply an excuse. The true goal is Bengal. We can’t settle for this. They’re doing regardless of the BJP tells them to do. They’re scared.”
