An astounding 89 lakh voters are learnt to have been deleted from the electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, with the maximum deletions having been recorded from Muslim-majority districts bordering Bangladesh.Murshidabad topped the list with over four lakh of the 11 lakh names under judicial scrutiny having been removed from the voters’ list.While 61.78 lakh voters’ names had been deleted after the completion of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state on February 28, of the 60 lakh voters who had been placed under adjudication, around 27 lakh names have been deleted during the now-concluded scrutiny by judicial officers, according to the data released by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday.This takes the total deletions to around 89 lakh in the state, where the BJP is aggressively trying to throw out the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power, accusing it of playing politics of appeasement and encouraging infiltrators to settle in West Bengal.Significant deletions were also recorded in the Bangladesh-bordering North 24 Parganas district, where over 3.25 lakh of the 5.91 lakh under-scrutiny electors were found not eligible to vote, and in Malda, where over 2.39 lakh of the 8.28 lakh under-judicial review voters were deleted.Reacting to the development, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities were deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the state.Addressing a rally at Chakdaha in Nadia district, Mamata said the TMC would stand by those whose names were excluded from the voter rolls following the SIR.Accusing the Centre of discrimination, she alleged that names were being removed from the voter rolls by targeting specific communities.Mamata claimed that in districts with significant minority population such as Murshidabad, Malda and North Dinajpur (all Muslim-dominated districts), names were “picked and removed like lice” from the electoral rolls.Over 28,000 voters were deleted in Kolkata South, which comprises Mamata’s Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, pegging the deletion percentage during the adjudication at 36.19 per cent.“Those whose names are still missing should apply before the tribunal. The TMC will stand by you and provide legal support,” she said.Questioning the Centre’s stand on infiltration, Mamata said the Centre had the responsibility of protecting the country’s borders, but it was blaming the West Bengal Government for infiltration.While 27 lakh voters under adjudication have been deleted, more than 32 lakh have been retained and included in the final rolls, the EC data stated.In terms of percentage, post-adjudication deletions in Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts, which are perceptively dominated by the Hindu Namashudra Matua community members, were at a whopping 77.86 per cent and 55.08 per cent, respectively.Voters aggrieved with their name deletions from the final rolls have the option to move the tribunals, specially set up under the Supreme Court orders in the state, but there is no clarity yet on whether electors found eligible by the tribunal judges will be able to exercise their franchise in the upcoming poll.“Any further inclusion at this stage will be subject to legal provisions and directions, if any, from the competent authorities,” an ECI official said.