As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday targeted the BJP over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, alleging it was an attempt to unsettle voters and “capture West Bengal by trickery”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised BJP MPs from the state to refrain from making strong statements on the issue and present it as a “routine administrative process”, sources said.

“At a 45-minute interaction with MPs from West Bengal in his office in Parliament, the Prime Minister said we should communicate that the SIR drive is a simple, routine administrative process to correct the electoral rolls, to ensure eligible voters are included, while those who are ineligible should be deleted. He asked us not to brag about the numbers, saying so many have been

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