The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has launched a sharp attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission (EC), alleging that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process is being misused to delete names of poor, tribal, and marginalized voters from the state’s electoral rolls. Addressing a meeting in Khowai District on Monday, TPCC President Asish Kumar Saha claimed that the process is being deliberately manipulated to suppress the voices of those from economically weaker and socially disadvantaged communities.
“The BJP government is using the SIR as a political weapon to erase voters who stand in their way. The tribal people are being fooled and used only as a vote bank,” he said. Saha further alleged that the state is facing a “restless situation” due to rampant political and financial corruption, even acknowledged by some ministers themselves. He asserted that the deletion of voter names under the guise of administrative procedure is a direct violation of democratic principles.
Highlighting the plight of the affected citizens, Saha noted that many poor and rural voters are unaware of their rights or lack the required documentation, making them easy targets for exploitation. “The poor and underprivileged are being deprived of their constitutional rights. This is nothing short of systematic disenfranchisement,” he added.
