Kolkata, March 9 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that the ruling party at the Centre is attempting to manipulate the electoral process by deleting genuine voters from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

Banerjee made the remarks while continuing her sit-in protest for the fourth consecutive day against the SIR of electoral rolls, a process the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) alleges is targeting genuine voters and paving the way for electoral manipulation.

Addressing supporters, the chief minister accused the BJP of undermining democracy and warned that people's voting rights must be restored if the party...