Latest on SIR controversy in Bengal
Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal and supremo of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led a massive rally against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in states including her own, accusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misusing the process to intimidate voters before the 2026 assembly elections. Addressing supporters in Kolkata, she warned that “if a single eligible voter is removed from the electoral rolls, we will ensure the fall of this BJP government at the Centre.” Banerjee alleged that the SIR was being implemented hastily in opposition‑ruled states like West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, while sparing BJP‑governed states such as Assam, pointing to what she described as clear discrimination designed to help the central ruling party. She branded the exercise as “hurried and politically motivated,” challenging the speed at which it is being conducted — noting that the last such revision in West Bengal in 2002 took two years, while the current one is being pushed through in about a month. During the rally, Banerjee accused the BJP of spreading fake narratives by conflating legitimate voters with “illegal” or foreign elements, and she urged voters to seek support from TMC camps if they faced documentation issues. The party vowed to safeguard voters’ rights both at the booth level and in courts.
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