Mamata Banerjee to lead foot march from Jadavpur to Gariahat on April 24 over voter list deletions

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to lead a major foot march in Kolkata on April 24, covering a key stretch from Jadavpur to Gariahat. The announcement comes shortly after the completion of the first phase of Assembly elections and ahead of the second phase of polling scheduled for April 29.

According to party sources, the march will begin at Sulekha Mor in Jadavpur and conclude at Gariahat, passing through several densely populated areas of South Kolkata. Senior leaders of the Trinamool Congress, along with party candidates and thousands of supporters, are expected to join the mobilisation.

The march is being projected as both a political outreach exercise and a protest against alleged large-scale deletions of voter names. The ruling party has claimed that under the Special Summary Revision (SIR) process, around 91 lakh names have been removed from electoral rolls, impacting the democratic rights of genuine voters.

Mamata Banerjee has further alleged that nearly 27 lakh cases remain pending in courts despite deletions, terming the process unconstitutional. The matter is also under judicial scrutiny, including before the Supreme Court, making it a major electoral flashpoint.

With elections entering a crucial phase, the foot march from Jadavpur to Gariahat is being seen as a strategic effort to consolidate urban voter sentiment in South Kolkata. While the TMC calls it a “people’s movement for rights,” opposition parties have described it as an election-driven show of strength that signals mounting political pressure.