Kolkata, Aug. 6 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that through the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise of the Election Commission, a veiled attempt is being made to disenfranchise genuine voters and implement the National Register of Citizens through the backdoor.

"Through the Special Intensive Revision exercise, a veiled attempt is being made to disenfranchise genuine voters and implement NRC through the backdoor. We will not tolerate this. We will resist every injustice. And we will stand by the people, now and always," Banerjee said in a post on X.

The BJP has demanded an SIR of electoral rolls in the State, alleging nearly one crore Rohingya immigrants, Bangladeshi Muslim voters, deceased voters, duplic...