Kolkata, April 8 -- In the run-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of turning "Indian democracy into a cruel joke" over SIR in the state.

In an X post, the party claimed that they are "selectively targeting and deleting genuine voters" in the process to "rig" the election results in their favour, calling it a "shameless bid".

"Even Suprabuddha Sen, grandson of legendary artist Nandalal Bose, the man who illustrated the Indian Constitution, along with his wife, have had their names arbitrarily deleted from the electoral rolls. Shockingly, names of voters at whose homes @AmitShah himself had lunch have also been wipe...