The Supreme Court Of India has ruled that Bengal voters removed from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) retain their voting rights, saying that, under their Constitutional rights, they cannot be permanently disenfranchised. Meanwhile, the apex court has refused to strike down the Election Commission of India’s freezing of the rolls on April 9, 2026 for the Bengal assembly elections due on April 23 and 29 ”ie, two weeks before the polls. In which other state has this anti-democratic abomination been allowed? What this means is that an election with an amputated quorum of voters can take place with the apex court’s blessings”but the deleted voters have not been disenfranchised. This also means that the Supreme Court is perfectly okay with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the Bengal assembly elections by crook”gutting the electoral rolls”but that those deleted remain legally and inerasably voters. This defies logic and is beyond comprehension.
