Kolkata, April 15 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) has only removed the names of infiltrators from West Bengal's electoral roll, but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will throw them out of the country. Shah has been on a campaign rally spree in the poll-bound eastern state.

Addressing voters at Tufanganj in north Bengal's Cooch Behar district, which borders Bangladesh, Shah said, "The ECI has only removed infiltrators from Bengal's electoral rolls. The bigger task, to drive them out of the country, will be done by us."

Shah's remark came amid repeated allegations by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that the ECI removed the names of genuine voters under instructions from BJP leaders. ...