A Trinamool Congress councillor on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) walked into a crematorium near Kolkata and demanded that his last rites be performed, claiming that the Election Commission of India (ECI) listed him among the “dead” in the draft electoral rolls.
A booth-wise list of the deceased and migrated voters was released ahead of West Bengal's draft electoral rolls earlier in the day.
Surya Dey, the Trinamool councillor of Dankuni Municipality's Ward 18, said that while checking the lists linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, he claimed his name figured among the "dead", though he had filled and submitted his enumeration form to the booth-level officer.
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"Since the Commission has declared me dead, it should complete the process," Dey told reporters as he walked into Kalipur crematorium, flanked by supporters. "Let the officials come and cremate me." He called this administrative absurdity with serious consequences.
