Mamata Slams EC Over 'AI-Driven' Electoral Roll Errors, Alleges Voter Harassment

• West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, alleging "AI-driven" errors in 2002 electoral roll digitisation causing voter hardship.
• She claimed manual 2002 lists were scanned using AI, leading to serious errors in elector details and large-scale data mismatches.
• Banerjee accused the EC of disregarding 20 years of statutory processes, forcing voters to re-establish identity despite prior corrections.
• She flagged procedural lapses, non-issuance of acknowledgements, and alleged 77 deaths, four suicide attempts, and 17 hospitalisations due to the SIR process.
• Mamata criticised the treatment of women voters and harassment of eminent citizens like Amartya Sen, Joy Goswami, Deepak Adhikari, Mohammed Shami.

Why It Matters: Mamata Banerjee criticizes EC's 'AI-driven' electoral roll revision, citing widespread errors and voter harassment.