Voter deletion in Bengal is erasing access to welfare
When Sarika Mallik’s name was first deleted from the voter roll in West Bengal during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ahead of the April assembly elections this year, her main concern was her political disenfranchisement—not the loss of her welfare entitlement. She received Rs 1,500 under Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, the state’s cash transfer scheme for women. That stopped in May 2026.
After the new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari took office, he announced that Lakshmir Bhandar payments would be paused pending verification of beneficiaries and an investigation into “fake” or “ineligible”…
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- Politics
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- Elections, Courts & law, Government schemes
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- West Bengal
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- India Development Review
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- jasmine bal
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- Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 11:30 am IST
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