Kolkata: The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on November 4 responded to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s announcement of a mega protest in Delhi against the SIR, accusing the party of “insulting Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution” and urged the Election Commission to intervene.
He further alleged that they are “protecting illegal infiltrators by assembling Bangladeshi Muslims, Rohingyas”.
Hitting out at the ruling TMC, Adhikari said, “Please go there. No problem. Earlier, they went there, and everybody saw what happened. Now we are waiting, please go. When they leave Bengal, Bengal will be safe.”
Adhikari further alleged, “They (TMC) are insulting Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution; the Election Commission should act on it. They are protecting illegal infiltrators by assembling Bangladeshi Muslims, the Rohingyas. When CAA came, they did the same thing in the name of NRC; this time, they are doing the same thing with SIR, and as a result, they are disturbing the law and order of Bengal and creating fear among Hindus.”
The ECI will conduct the second phase of SIR of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, with the final voter list to be published on February 7, 2026. The first phase of SIR was completed in Bihar before the assembly polls.
SIR 2.0 exercise will cover the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. (With inputs from ANI)
