India, March 1 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in West Bengal began a "state-wide house-to-house survey" from Saturday to identify "fake voters" ahead of the 2026 assembly elections in the state.

This follows chief minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is manipulating voters' lists in the districts with help from Election Commission of India (ECI) before the 2026 assembly polls.

Banerjee said, "An agency has done the manipulations online. It is called Association of Brilliant Minds and there is another agency called India 360. Their people have contacted data entry operators who work for ECI. They have enrolled people from other states against the voter card details of local residents."

BJP leader ...