Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in West Bengal have accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of double standards and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of unleashing violence against the party’s booth-level agents amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, speaking in Birbhum, alleged that while Mamata Banerjee publicly urged people not to participate in the SIR process, she herself had filled out the required forms.
“Seventeen forms have been delivered to her home, and she herself is telling people not to fill the forms and not to participate in SIR, yet she herself is the first one to fill the forms. This is the hypocrisy that the people of Bengal and the country have already understood,” Majumdar said. He further claimed that the BJP’s Booth Level Agents (BLAs) were being attacked in several parts of the state.
“BJP’s BLAs have been attacked in many places. We will fight for this until the end. We will not let it go. If the Election Commission cannot conduct SIR under this government, then this government should be removed and SIR should be conducted,” he asserted.
Reacting with similar sentiments, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, while speaking in North 24 Parganas, said that violence during elections and administrative exercises had become a pattern in Bengal.
“When elections are held in Bengal, booth agents are attacked. but the elections are held and a government is formed. The government and politics here are violent, taking contracts to win elections. But this won’t last long; SIR will conclude peacefully and elections will be held,” Ghosh remarked.
The BJP has repeatedly accused the TMC of obstructing democratic processes in the state, while the ruling party has dismissed the allegations as politically motivated.
A day earlier, BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party had been trying their best to provide voter cards and Aadhaar cards to illegal immigrants and alleged that fake Aadhaar cards were floating in the pond.
Speaking to ANI, Agnimitra Paul said, “West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her party have been trying their best to give voter cards and Aadhar cards to these illegal immigrants. Two days ago, she was shouting, ‘Why won’t the Aadhaar card be taken as your citizenship document?’ Whereas the Election Commission very clearly said that the Aadhar card is not your citizenship document. Another document needs to be provided with the Aadhaar card, and today we find almost 172 Aadhaar cards floating in the pond…Where have they come from?”She further said that a month back, a Bangladeshi teacher was arrested, and TMC MLA Tapan Chatterjee said that a group of people are carrying out this nexus.
Meanwhile, on November 6, North Kolkata BJP workers staged a protest at the District Election Officer’s (DEO) Office of the Election Commission. Earlier, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated that the poll body will conduct the second phase of the SIR in the following states: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
According to ECI, printing and training will take place from October 28 to November 3, followed by an Enumeration Phase from November to December 4. The draft electoral rolls will be published on December 9, followed by a claims and objections period from December 9 to January 8, 2026.
The Notice Phase (for hearing and verification) will take place between December 9 and January 31, 2026, with publication of Final Electoral Rolls on February 7, 2026.
(With inputs from ANI)
