'Dead' in Voter Rolls: TMC Councillor Demands Last Rites at Crematorium

• TMC councillor Surya Dey of Dankuni Municipality's Ward 18 was listed as 'dead' in West Bengal's draft electoral rolls.
• Dey dramatically walked into Kalipur crematorium near Kolkata, demanding his last rites be performed, protesting the error.
• He claims to have submitted all necessary enumeration forms but was still struck off, calling it a "conspiracy" and "dangerous."
• The incident follows the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, which saw over 58 lakh names deleted from the state's voter list.
• Dey highlighted the potential impact on ordinary voters and democracy, stating, "If this is how voters are being treated, democracy itself is being taken to the pyre."

Why It Matters: TMC councillor declared 'dead' in voter rolls protests dramatically, exposing flaws in EC's revision.