File separate pleas on SIR’s impact on West Bengal polls: SC to TMC

The Supreme Court has asked the Trinamool Congress to file separate applications over claims that voter deletions during the special intensive revision exercise in West Bengal affected the outcome of recent assembly elections. The court was hearing pleas challenging the exercise when it raised allegations of a linkage between voter deletions and electoral outcomes in specific constituencies. The Election Commission of India maintains that any challenge to poll results can only be pursued through election petitions by defeated candidates.