New Delhi, July 16 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on July 16 that her party will oppose the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls if it is carried out in the TMC-ruled state, where assembly elections are scheduled next year. The TMC chief alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party has plans to remove names from Bengal's voter list.

"We will oppose it tooth and nail if the Election Commission calls for an electoral roll revision in Bengal ahead of the assembly polls," Mamata said, addressing a public gathering while leading a protest march against the labelling of Bengali-speaking people as Bangladeshis in BJP-ruled states.

The TMC chief alleged that the BJP has plans to remove names f...