SIR West Bengal Elections: Devendra Fadnavis Targets Rahul Gandhi Over Vote Theft Claims

SIR West Bengal Elections have become a major political flashpoint, with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis strongly hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over allegations of vote theft and concerns surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Fadnavis rejected the allegations of votes being stolen and launched a sharp personal attack on Rahul Gandhi. He said that “no votes have been stolen” and sarcastically claimed that it was Rahul Gandhi’s “mind” that had been stolen.

The Maharashtra Chief Minister also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to form a committee to “retrieve” Rahul Gandhi’s mind so that he could speak in the national interest and make statements that were correct and truthful.

SIR West Bengal Elections: What Did Devendra Fadnavis Say?

Speaking on the controversy surrounding the electoral roll revision process, Devendra Fadnavis questioned the argument that the SIR exercise was designed to remove anti-BJP voters from the electoral rolls.

According to Fadnavis, if the SIR process had selectively removed anti-BJP voters, then the electoral results in several constituencies in West Bengal would raise questions about that argument.

He specifically referred to constituencies where the number of voters reportedly declined significantly during the SIR process, but the Trinamool Congress still emerged victorious.

Fadnavis argued that these election results should be examined while discussing allegations surrounding the revision of electoral rolls.

Fadnavis Raises Questions Over TMC's Wins

Fadnavis referred to at least 15 constituencies in West Bengal where, according to his statement, there was a significant reduction in voters attributed to the SIR process, yet the TMC managed to win.

His argument was that if the SIR process had primarily resulted in the deletion of anti-BJP voters, the electoral outcome in these constituencies would require a different explanation.

The comments come amid a wider political dispute over the electoral roll revision process in West Bengal and allegations by opposition parties regarding voter deletions.