In West Bengal, they say that Mamata Banerjee’s TMC knows the voters-who-aren’t even better than the real voters. Ghosts of those dead or missing fill up the EVMs, illegals top it up.

There are apparently three ways that the TMC lords over the voter lists, claims the state Opposition.

But with SIR deleting more than 58 lakh names so far (7.6 per cent of the state’s electorate) and ten of lakhs of names under review, TMC may find it hard to open its box of tricks.

Here are seven quick reasons.

First, the SIR process has led to the deletion of lakhs of names, particularly in border districts with high minority populations in TMC........

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