Bogus voters: Mamata, ECI duel set to intensify in run-up to 2026 Bengal Assembly polls. Election Commission of India: duplication in EPIC number \”does not imply duplicate/fake voters\” BJP accuses Trinamool Congress of including names of illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya settlers in the electoral rolls. The timing of CM Banerjee’s anti-ECI tirade appears aimed at energising party cadre involved in a drive for physical verification of electoral rolls, says Amit Malviya, West Bengal BJP co-incharge of West Bengal Congress. The ECI: “We have a responsibility to ensure that the names of linguistic minorities and Hindu refugees are removed from the voter roll.” The Election Commission: ‘We have the obligation to ensure the demographic changes in certain pockets of the state influence the outcome of elections.’ The election commission: � “The demographic changes that invariably influence poll outcomes are not in a way that can be ignored’
