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Mamata Banerjee Alleges "Botched-Up" SIR Exercise, Cites Inability to Leave Home
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News18•30-09-2026, 15:01
Mamata Banerjee Alleges "Botched-Up" SIR Exercise, Cites Inability to Leave Home
- •Mamata Banerjee criticized the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise as "botched-up" at an INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi.
- •She claimed the post-election situation in West Bengal prevents her from leaving her house, attributing it to BJP's "autocracy."
- •The Trinamool Congress chief's remarks came during a wider Opposition campaign against the Election Commission regarding electoral roll revisions.
- •The INDIA bloc, including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and Mallikarjun Kharge, met to strategize over the SIR controversy.
- •Opposition parties allege large-scale deletion of names from electoral rolls due to SIR and demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
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Mamata Banerjee stated that the political situation in West Bengal has deteriorated to the point where she can no longer move out of her house, while criticizing the BJP's autocracy.
Mamata Banerjee criticized the Special Intensive Revision exercise as being carried out in a botched-up manner, leading to the large-scale deletion or exclusion of names from electoral rolls.
The INDIA bloc meeting at the Constitution Club of India was attended by prominent opposition leaders, including Mamata Banerjee, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and representatives from several other parties.
