New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that it was acting as a “stooge of the BJP” and attempting to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) through the backdoor under the guise of a special revision of electoral rolls.

Speaking at a press conference in Digha, where she is overseeing preparations for the annual Rath Yatra festival, Banerjee said she had received two letters from the ECI containing new rules that she claimed unfairly target voters born between July 1, 1987, and December 2, 2004.

“The Commission is now seeking a declaration form — Annexure D — from voters in this age group, requiring them to submit birth........

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