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Poll Body’s Big Attack On TMC Govt, Cites ‘Systematic Pattern Of Violence’ Against Officials | India News

Poll Body’s Big Attack On TMC Govt, Cites ‘Systematic Pattern Of Violence’ Against Officials | India News

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Last Updated:February 05, 2026, 20:14 IST The ECI presented a strong counter to Mamata Banerjee’s allegations against the SIR in the Supreme Court, alleging a systematic pattern of violence against poll officials. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with her nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in New Delhi | Image: PTI The Election Commission of India (ECI) has accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal of “systematic pattern of violence and threats” against election officials, while also alleging police of unwillingness to act against such incidents. After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared in the Supreme Court and spoke against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the poll body filed a counter in the apex court, alleging numerous instances of violence, intimidation and obstruction against election officials engaged in the SIR process. Sujeet Kumar Mishra, Secretary, ECI, alleged a “pervasive reluctance” among local police authorities to register FIRs in response to grievances articulated by BLOs, and many of them were only filed after the direct intervention of the DEO (District …

Mamata’s allegations on Bengal SIR baseless, exaggerated: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

Mamata’s allegations on Bengal SIR baseless, exaggerated: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

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West Bengal LOP Suvendu Adhikari. File | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday (January 11, 2026) termed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations over the ongoing SIR in the State as “baseless and exaggerated”, and accused her of trying to derail the electoral roll revision exercise for political reasons. In a post on X, Mr. Adhikari also said he has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and claimed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was “exposing the rot in the voter lists — bogus entries, duplicates, and infiltrators that have been nurtured under the TMC’s watch for years”. The BJP leader alleged that the SIR exercise was “damaging the TMC’s electoral prospects”, and that’s why the CM was resorting to hysteria”. Ms. Banerjee had on Saturday (January 10, 2026) written to the CEC, alleging that the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls has been turned into an exercise to exclude voters rather than correct records. In her third letter to Mr. Kumar …