In West Bengal, the voter list is no longer the foundation of democracy—it has turned into an instrument of political manipulation in the hands of the Trinamool Congress. Official data itself stands as the biggest witness against Trinamool. A glance at the numbers after voter list revision makes it clear how massive irregularities have spread across the state.

As many as 8.5 million voters have errors in their parents’ names—this is not a mere “mistake,” but the result of planned negligence. Even more alarming, 1.3 million voters share the same parents’ names—not human records, but files that look copy-pasted! And it doesn’t stop there. 1.115 million voters are shown as having become parents below the age of 15—law, logic, and reality have all been brushed aside by Trinamool in one stroke.

The figures show that 24.21 lakh voters—about 6 percent of the electorate—have the same father’s name. Again, 3.45 lakh voters are recorded as having become grandparents before the age of 40. In which democratic system are such “miracles” possible? Or is clinging to power through electoral arithmetic the only........

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