Amplify public outreach, PM tells Bengal BJP MPs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with 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. Amplify public outreach, PM tells Bengal BJP MPs The Bharatiya Janata Party (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. According to a person privy to the meeting, the PM told the lawmakers that instead of letting the opposition politicise the exercise, the BJP leaders should engage with the voters and explain the rationale behind the SIR. “The PM said we should be able to convey …
