Kolkata/IBNS, Feb. 26 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed concern that names of nearly 1.2 crore voters could be deleted through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which is in its final phase in the state.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Jain community in her assembly constituency Bhabanipur, Banerjee accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of allegedly removing voters' names "secretly" and increasing the number of exclusions.

She added that she had approached the Supreme Court of India over the issue and alleged that deletion efforts continued despite the court's intervention.

The final electoral roll following the SIR is expected to be published on February 28....