TMC candidates voter list uncertainty | Murder of democracy, says Mamata Banerjee after 11 TMC nominees face voter roll uncertainty Eleven candidates from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are uncertain whether their names remain on the electoral rolls for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Nine of these candidates belong to minority communities, raising concerns about the fairness of the voter verification process. The issue has drawn sharp criticism from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the Election Commission of selectively removing names from the voter list, calling it a "murder of democracy." Among the affected candidates are state industries minister Shashi Panja, environment minister Md Ghulam Rabbani, three-term MLA Swati Khandoker from Hooghly’s Chanditala, and Kajal Sheikh, a prominent leader from Birbhum. Three of these candidates are from Murshidabad district, where over 11 lakh voters were marked for adjudication in the final electoral rolls released on February 28. In Naoda, 29,121 voters, including TMC candidate Shahina Mumtaz, were flagged for review. Similar numbers were recorded in Lalgola and Shamshergunj, with 1,08,400 and 99,082 voters respectively under scrutiny. The Election Commission’s final rolls listed 6.44 crore voters in West Bengal, with 60.06 lakh marked for adjudication. These cases will be resolved by 705 judicial officers appointed for the process. However, the commission has yet to release the second tranche of the supplementary voter list, which is expected on Monday night. Since the first supplementary list was published, the commission has not disclosed how many voters were deleted or retained, leaving candidates and voters in limbo.#mamata_banerjee #west_bengal #trinamool_congress #election_commission #shashi_panja
