Kolkata, Aug. 8 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary and party's leader in the Lok Sabha Abhishek Banerjee on Friday backed senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claim of voter list manipulation in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, alleging that if the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is being carried out due to irregularities in the voter list, then the government is "illegal" as it was "elected through illegal votes."

Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Banerjee accused the BJP of being "entangled in the same tactics" it had tried to use against the Opposition and warned that they would face a "strong reply" in the upcoming polls.

"The issue of fake voters is before everyone. In some cases, there are 5 voters with the same name. One...