Disenfranchised Before The Polls? Protest In Kolkata Spotlights Deleted Voters

With election day closing in, a quiet anxiety is surfacing on the streets of Kolkata. Holding placards and raising slogans, members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha staged a protest against what they claim are arbitrary deletions of voters—turning a bureaucratic exercise into a question of democratic rights.

Updated on: 14 April 2026 7:46 pm

Published at: 14 April 2026 7:46 pm

Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav

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Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav

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Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav

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Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav

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Protest Against Special Intensive Revision

Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav

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Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav

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Members of Votadhikar Raksha Mancha stage a protest demanding voting rights for deleted voters ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav