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Bengal finance minister: ‘BJP targeted minorities, mahilas through voter deletions, but it backfired’
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Bengal finance minister: ‘BJP targeted minorities, mahilas through voter deletions, but it backfired’

The Indian Express·Sweety Kumari·about 1 month ago
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A seasoned West Bengal minister and the head of the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s women wing, Chandrima Bhattacharya, is among the key members of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s women’s brigade. As Minister of State, Bhattacharya,70, holds multiple portfolios, including Finance (Independent Charge), Health, Family Welfare and Land Reforms. She is the TMC candidate from the Dum Dum Uttar seat in this election. In an interview with The Indian Expess , Bhattacharya speaks on a range of issues, including the controversies surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, voter deletions, and the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case. Excerpts: * How significant is the SIR issue and how is the TMC countering the challenges arising from it? The SIR is not an issue as such, we have profound faith in the judiciary. The people have witnessed our honourable leader, Mamata Banerjee, fighting against this.…

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