India, Nov. 2 -- Wary of the BJP's warnings that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bengal's electoral rolls could lead to mass deletions of its support base and trigger its electoral defeat, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has unveiled an unprecedented and full-scale vigilance strategy to oversee the SIR. The party is vowing that "not a single genuine voter will be struck off as the Election Commission embarks on its controversial month-long revision drive."

In public, the TMC has chosen to directly target the Election Commission and the BJP's top leadership, aiming to turn voters' confusion and anxiety into collective outrage. Party leaders have already gone into overdrive, blaming the poll panel and the BJP for the alleged suicides ...