Won’t let EC hold polls until Form 7s scrutinised: BJP
Times of India | 2 March 2026
Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Sunday said that it won't let Election Commission hold polls until all Form 7s — objections to inclusion of names — are scrutinised.
Party state chief Samik Bhattacharya said, "The EC will have to look into every Form 7 the BJP workers submitted. I urge party workers to keep Form 7 with you. We will not let the EC hold an election before it completes the hearings for Form 7s submitted by opposition parties." Speaking at the inauguration of BJP's Poriborton Yatra in Coochbehar, Bhattacharya alleged that a bulk of Form 7s was confiscated from BJP workers by the police while they were trying to submit them.
Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, who addressed a Poriborton Yatra rally at Krishnanagar on Sunday, said that those whose names were deleted from the list published by EC on Feb 28 should apply to the respective district magistrate within 15 days. "Our party workers will help them do that. Those whose names are being adjudicated should also keep in touch with our workers. Our workers will assist them," said Majumdar.
Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who was present at the yatra in Jhargram, indicated that once the final list is out, number of deletions will touch his earlier estimate of 1.25 crore. "Dead voters, double-entry voters and fake voters will be deleted from the list. The trends show that the total number of deletions is moving towards what I estimated," Adhikari said. Both Bhattacharya and Majumdar alleged CPM was helping Trinamool. "CPM is more interested in Murshidabad, leaving everything else to Trinamool. It is time to stop the forces who are building the Babri masjid," said Bhattacharya.
Majumdar urged CPM workers to vote for BJP if they wanted change. "In Pandabeswar, Trinamool was ahead of us by 3,000 votes in the 2021 polls. CPM bagged 12,000 votes. Similarly, while BJP trailed by merely 4,000 votes in Raniganj, CPM gathered 21,000 votes. It is time for CPM workers to vote for change in Bengal," said Majumdar.