TMC leader Sabyasachi Dutta and his wife's name missing from 2002 voter list

A councillor since 1995, Mayor in 2015, MLA in 2016 & the incumbent Chairman of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) since 2022—only to discover that his name has been missing from 2002 voter lists. That's the baffling reality facing Trinamool Congress stalwart Sabyasachi Dutta, whose entry, along with his wife Indrani Dutta, is nowhere to be found in the Election Commission's 2002 voter list for his Saltlake home, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Ward No. 13. This glitch isn't isolated; his eight neighboring houses share the same fate, possibly due to a dusty administrative mix-up where details got shunted to another constituency's supplementary rolls after delimitation shifted the area from Belgachia East to Bidhannagar assembly.

As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists kicks into high gear, Dutta's frustration boils over—he slamed the District Magistrate and EC officials with calls for answers, but silence reigns, leaving him staring at a form he might just leave starkly blank in protest.The irony stings deeper when Dutta's roots in Bidhannagar, established as a Bidhannagar municipality councillor in 1995 to Bidhannagar Mayor in 2015 and MLA in 2016 including his incumbent position as Corporation Chairman since 2022. 

This isn't just a personal headache; it's a spotlight on how two-decades-old errors can snag modern bureaucracy, especially in a constituency that's evolved from Bengal's largest assembly segment into a TMC stronghold. For a leader who's navigated everything from municipal boardrooms to state assembly floors, this feels like a slap from the very machinery. As Dutta mulls his next move amid the SIR scramble, the episode ripples beyond his doorstep, whispering questions about record-keeping reliability in Kolkata's urban sprawl. In the end, this quirky crisis underscores a timeless truth: even a public representative elected multiple times can get lost.