Kolkata, Jan. 14 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of indulging in what she called "black magic" to snatch away the voting rights of millions in the poll bound state, further alleging that 5.8 million electors were removed without getting a "chance to explain" during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of poll rolls. "They (ECI) have played a game with the people to favour the BJP. They thought that by engaging in a black game and performing black magic, they would snatch the democratic rights of the people," Banerjee said in a press conference. She further slammed the poll body for deleting 5.8 million voters from the draft roll following the enumeration phase of the SIR. "Names of 5.8 million voters were illegally and unethically struck off without giving them a chance to explain. Women, who have changed their surname or have shifted to a new address after marriage, have been targeted," the CM said. ECI did not issue a comment in response to the allegations till the time of going to print. The CM also attacked the BJP, alleging that the party was threatening government officials associated with the SIR process to get names of genuine voters deleted and then enrol voters from BJP-ruled states. "BJP is threatening state government officials such as DEOs, EROs and BLOs so that they may include a bunch of voters - 10,000 voters in one go... BJP leaders are going with a bunch of files and papers to get voters' names deleted," she said.htc...