TMC alleges mass voter deletion bid, BJP claims officers refusing Form 7
Times of India | 15 January 2026
Kolkata: Ahead of the Jan 15 deadline to submit Form 7 to raise objections to voter inclusions, both Trinamool and BJP upped the ante, with the former alleging "mass submissions of forms to delete voters", and BJP responding with a series of charges against election officials for refusing to accept the forms.
A Trinamool delegation on Wednesday submitted a complaint to the CEO (chief electoral officer), alleging "bulk Form 7 submissions by BJP members and their BLAs (booth level agents) to engineer mass voter deletions in Bengal". The BJP hit back with a series of posts and videos on its X handle, alleging election officers were "illegally" refusing to accept Form 7, in violation of EC-mandated rules.
In its deputation to the CEO, Trinamool alleged, "From multiple districts across the state, we received credible and verifiable reports of BJP members and BLAs exerting undue pressure on election officers to accept bulk submissions of Form 7. These politically motivated and baseless objections are being filed with a vested objective of engineering the mass deletion of legitimate voters from the electoral rolls."
The Bengal BJP responded, "EROs are refusing to accept Form 7, a statutory right guaranteed under electoral law. When officials charged with safeguarding free and fair elections themselves violate the law, citizens are left with no option but to protest. Arbitrary denial of Form 7 is unacceptable and undermines the credibility of the electoral process. The Election Commission must intervene immediately, direct the EROs to comply with the law, and fix responsibility. Democracy cannot function at the mercy of bureaucratic obstruction."
According to EC officers, 3,40,000 Form 6/6A applications for inclusion of eligible electors were received till Jan 13. Moreover, there have been 38,802 Form 7 submissions till Jan 13. However, EC officers said they were looking into the complaints.