The West Bengal CM alleged that the BJP is subjecting Bengali-speaking people to harassment in other states and are conspiring to deprive Bengalis of their voting rights.
Left supporters had staged a protest in front of the CEO office since 4 pm on Wednesday and decided to continue their sit-in programme till Agarwal meets their leaders.
The Special Intensive Revision exercise resulted in 63.66 lakh deletions, about 8.3 per cent of the electorate, reducing the voter base from 7.66 crore before the revision to about 7.04 crore now.
Gazi’s name was found in the “under adjudication” category in the post SIR electoral rolls published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 28 February, he said.
