San Francisco, May 10 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has raised pointed questions over the electoral process in West Bengal, suggesting that large-scale deletions from voter rolls and delayed verification of appeals may have had a decisive impact on the state's election outcome.

Referring to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Tharoor said around 91 lakh names were struck off the lists, with approximately 34 lakh individuals filing appeals claiming they were genuine voters. He noted that only a small number of these cases were adjudicated before polling, leaving the vast majority unresolved at the time of voting.

Speaking at the 'India, That is Bharat' roundtable during the Stanford India Conference, Tharoor said, "I...