Amplify public outreach, PM tells Bengal BJP MPs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs from West Bengal on Wednesday and directed the lawmakers to redouble their public outreach ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the state and focus on special intensive revision (SIR ) as a mechanism to ensure the sanctity of the electoral rolls, people aware of the details said.

- Smriti Kak Ramachandran

The BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have locked horns over the ongoing SIR being conducted by the election commission ahead of the state polls, scheduled next year. While the TMC has dubbed the SIR as an exclusionary exercise to push Bengalis out, the BJP has accused the party of trying to add illegal immigrants as voters in the state.