New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram cited figures related to appeals against electoral roll deletions in West Bengal under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), claiming that 91-93 per cent of the appeals disposed of by tribunals were allowed.

In a post on X, Chidambaram said nearly 27 lakh names were removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal during the SIR exercise, of which 22,21,196 people filed appeals before tribunals.

"Unfortunately, few who debate the rights and wrongs of the S.I.R. exercise make their arguments based on facts," Chidambaram said.

He said a little over one lakh appeals had been disposed of by the tribunals, with the number reportedly standing at 1,26,000.

"91...