Hyderabad, June 6 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday raised serious concerns regarding the West Bengal government's recent policy of tying welfare entitlements to electoral rolls. He pointed out that many people, who were excluded during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive but are "genuine voters", were being denied PDS rations.

"The West Bengal government has linked welfare benefits to the voter list and is now denying PDS ration and other benefits to people excluded during SIR. This includes people marked as 'absent' or 'shifted', and those who did not receive voter slips during the last election. But many people in these categories are genuine voters," Owaisi said.

"Why sho...