Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accuses Trinamool of enlisting bogus voters in Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had raised the same allegation against BJP claiming that the ruling party at the Centre is resorting to voter’s list manipulation by using two private agencies. “West Bengal has become the epicenter of manipulation in every sphere, including the voters’ lists,” Chiowdhuri said. He also claimed that at the local level elections in West Bengal, there are manipulations in ballot boxes as well. The former five-party Lok Sabha member said he had got definite information of the existence of around 40 lakhs of bogus voters. He said the lists for which were prepared by the state’s ruling party with the help of a private agency. The names of voters from other states with the EPIC number of voters in West. Bengal were linked with the names of genuine voters in the state, he said. The claims were made at an extended organisational meeting of Trinamools Congress in Kolkata on Thursday.
