BJP misusing 'Vanish Commission' to erase legitimate voters from electoral rolls, alleges Mamata

Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of misusing the Vanish Commission to unjustly remove legitimate voters from electoral rolls in Bengal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's sit-in against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR voter list entered the third day on Sunday (March 8, 2026), with the TMC supremo accusing the BJP of "misusing the Vanish Commission to erase legitimate voters from electoral rolls".

Her comment comes on a day when the full bench of the Election Commission is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata to review poll preparedness ahead of the State Assembly elections.

Ms. Banerjee also alleged that the country is witnessing an “unprecedented and direct assault” on its democratic foundations.

"In their 'One Nation, One Leader, One Party' frenzy, BJP has systematically weaponised every democratic institution and every constitutional post to serve their own Jono-Birodhi [anti-people] ambitions," she alleged.

Ms. Banerjee claimed that the BJP’s ultimate goal is to "replace" the Constitution framed by Babasaheb Ambedkar with its "party manifesto".

"For years, they have unleashed Central agencies, National Commissions, a servile Godi Media, and a compliant section of the judiciary against Bengal. They are misusing the ‘Vanish Commission’ to erase legitimate voters from electoral rolls," the TMC supremo alleged.