Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Launching a blistering offensive against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that 30 lakh voter names were deliberately deleted from electoral rolls to favour the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, while citing the Supreme Court's split verdict on the Election Commission selection panel.

Addressing reporters here, the TMC National General Secretary claimed that similar electoral roll manipulations were executed in Haryana and Bihar, demanding that a Look Out Circular (LOC) be issued against the CEC alongside his immediate arrest for allegedly acting at the behest of the Central government.

"The allegations we ...