Archive · 23 Nov 2025
BJP Alleges Voter Fraud and Influx in West Bengal's SIR Process
The BJP is saying that some people in West Bengal are trying to cheat in the voter list update by pretending to be someone else's family member.
They also think that many new voters in border districts with Bangladesh might not be Indian citizens.
The BJP wants the election office to check these claims and punish anyone who did something wrong.
The Trinamool Congress party disagrees and thinks this update is a trick to do something else.
BJP claims voter fraud with people posing as relatives in West Bengal's SIR process
BJP alleges pressure on BLOs to include people in voter list with wrong parent information
BJP claims maximum voter increase in Bangladesh-bordering districts since 2002
BJP urges Election Commission to file FIR if voter fraud allegations are proven true
Trinamool Congress opposes SIR, claiming it's an indirect ploy to impose NRC
- Who
- BJP, Trinamool Congress, Election Commission of India, Booth Level Officers (BLOs)
- What
- Alleged voter fraud and influx in West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process
- When
- Ongoing SIR process
- Where
- West Bengal, India, specifically border districts with Bangladesh
- Why
- To correct demographic records and reduce population count, or to shield alleged illegal immigrants (BJP's view vs Trinamool's view)
BJP's Stance
Trinamool Congress's Stance
Purpose of SIR
BJP's Stance
To correct demographic records and reduce population count
Trinamool Congress's Stance
An indirect ploy to impose the National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Voter Influx
BJP's Stance
Maximum increase in voters in Bangladesh-bordering districts
Trinamool Congress's Stance
No comment on voter influx
- Process
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
- State
- West Bengal
- Alleged Fraud Instance
- People posing as relatives, wrong parent information
- Districts with Highest Increase in Voters
- Uttar Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Dakshin Dinajpur, Birbhum
- BJP's Claim
- Population count will decrease and demographic records will be corrected, influx of non-Indian citizens in border districts
- BJP's Request
- Election Commission to file FIR if allegations are proven true
Sources
SIR essential for correcting voter rolls, demographic records in Bengal: BJP
Forced to include names in Bengal electoral rolls unfairly, claims a section of BLOs
Bangladesh-bordering districts saw maximum surge in voters, claims BJP quoting ECI data
SIR Sparks Reverse Migration as Undocumented Bangladeshis Queue to Return Home
