Kolkata, 02 March (H.S.) : The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has alleged that the Election Commission (EC) carried out what it termed “silent invisible rigging” during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, claiming that several prominent individuals have been placed under the “under adjudication” category in the final voter list.

In posts on X, the ruling party stated that Indian cricketer Richa Ghosh, a member of India’s 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup-winning squad, has been marked “under adjudication” in the electoral rolls published on Saturday.

“The farce of @BJP4India and @ECISVEEP’s silent invisible rigging reaches new lows of absurdity. A World Cup-winning star like Richa Ghosh, Bengal’s pride and India’s hero, has now been placed ‘under adjudication’ in the final electoral rolls,” the TMC said in its statement.

The party alleged that the 22-year-old wicketkeeper-batter from Siliguri is being subjected to “humiliating scrutiny”, with her voter status flagged in the revised list.

Drawing parallels between public figures and ordinary voters, the TMC questioned the integrity of the revision process. “When even celebrities and national icons can be arbitrarily targeted, questioned and subjected to this degrading process, what hope is there for the common Bengali voter?” the party said.

According to the TMC, five MLAs including ministers Shashi Panja and Md Ghulam Rabbani, along with legislators Rafiqur Rahaman, Toraf Hossain Mandal and Swati Khandoker, have also been placed under the same category.

The party further has claimed that Birbhum Zilla Parishad sabhadhipati Kajal Sheikh and his mother were similarly flagged, while Naihati Municipality councillor Sushanta Sarkar and his mother were allegedly deleted from the rolls.

Speaking to media, Panja said, “While my husband and daughter find their names in the list, my name has been stamped in the ‘under adjudication’ category. After being a cabinet minister and an MLA for years, this action of the EC seems baffling and insulting, not to me, but to the people of Bengal and residents of my constituency.”

The TMC also alleged that the name of Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty has been marked under the same category.

Claiming that several party functionaries, Block Development Officers (BDOs) and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have faced issues ranging from deletion to adjudication, the TMC described the exercise as “systematic humiliation engineered to disenfranchise, to silence and to erase Bengal’s voice.”

The Election Commission has not yet responded to the allegations.

Hindusthan Samachar / Satya Prakash Singh