West Bengal Assembly polls: Banerjee urges voters to appeal deleted names by Apr 6, warns of EVM tampering

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday told the people, whose names have been deleted wrongly, to immediately appeal in Appellate Tribunal as applications must be made by April 6. She alerted the people to make sure that they are not able to tamper the EVM machines by using central forces .

"You must ensure round-the-clock vigilance so that they don’t get to execute their sinister plans. Transparency must be maintained to ensure that EVMs are not tampered with by central forces," Mamata Banerjee said.

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“I urge you to contact our party workers. Since I filed a case in the Supreme Court, around 25 lakh electors who were under adjudication, have been retained. Those, whose names have been excluded, should appeal before the Appellate Tribunal with all their documents. We will provide free legal assistance,” Banerjee said from her public rally in Murshidabad, while talking about appeal.

Banerjee also warned her party workers and pointed out that the EVMs must be checked properly. “I am hopeful nobody will allow BJP to purchase them. Don’t let voting happen in EVMs that have malfunctioned,” she alerted.

She also warned the candidates to be “careful while you file your nomination”. “Make sure to do a thorough scrutiny. BJP has planned to get your nominations rejected. Take your people on the day of scrutiny. There will be an attempt to cancel your nominations and create disturbance on the day of polling,” she added.

Banerjee slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said, “Why don’t we get to see you when people die due to river bank erosion? Why are you unavailable when dredging of Farakka Barrage is needed? You are the one who is deleting women voters”.

She challenged BJP to fight politically. “Why are you taking away the rights of the people? You and the PM both have been elected with 2024 voter’s list. If you have come to power based on the votes of infiltrators, why haven’t you resigned?”