Nearly a year before West Bengal goes to elections, chief minister Mamata Banerjee has brought up the issue of electoral malpractice. Only this time, it is not the EVMs but the voters’ list.

Blaming EVMs or the electoral process is usually the bellwether to predict who is losing. Before his historic defeat in the Delhi elections in February, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal had lodged official complaints with the Election Commission (EC) over EVMs, voters’ list, and even the inking process.

AAP drowned in a near-landslide against the BJP.

Which is why Mamata Banerjee’s sudden and shrill attack against the BJP and the EC raises questions.

Is the TMC anxious about the 2026 elections despite winning big in the last three assembly polls?

Is it trying to cover up for the voter list contamination that it could have done all these years?

And has Mamata Banerjee just made a blunder that will come back to haunt her?

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