Mamta, who was angry at the Election Commission regarding the voter list amendment, asked- Is this backdoor NRC?

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday questioned the new voter list amendment guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) before this year’s assembly elections in Bihar. He also feared that these new guidelines may be another step towards the implementation of the National Register (NRC). He further claimed that although these new guidelines have been released before the Bihar assembly elections, the main goal of these new guidelines is West Bengal, where important assembly elections are also to be held next year.

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The Chief Minister especially questioned the new guidelines in which it is mandatory for those who are born before 1 July 1987 to submit the birth place and date documents for those born before 1 July 1987 and the documents of parents are compulsory for those born after 1 July 1987. Alleging that the Election Commission “is acting like the BJP’s puppet”, Banerjee asked if this step was an attempt to implement NRC.

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The Chief Minister said that in fact, the central government is targeting West Bengal by making Bihar a shield through the Election Commission. Bihar already has a BJP coalition government. They will not do anything there. They are actually trying to target West Bengal and migrant workers. The Commission is working on the BJP’s instructions. She was in Digha in East Midnapore district to participate in the newly constructed Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra festival. However, the temple is officially called Sri Jagannath Dham Cultural Center. He said that the Election Commission should not have issued these new voter list amendments guidelines without consulting various registered political parties in the country.