Living Voters Declared Dead: Major Errors Found in Bengal's Draft Electoral Roll

Dec 17, 2025 09:21 pm CST

Bengal's draft voter list revision has sparked controversy after living citizens including a daily wage couple and a Trinamool councillor were incorrectly marked as deceased. The Special Intensive Revision also erroneously assigned a Brahmin surname to CPM leader Mohammed Salim, raising serious concerns about election integrity as 58 lakh names were removed from voter rolls.