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Mamata Banerjee: 'Entire Election Process Hijacked'! Mamata Again Alleges SIR and Vote Rigging
- •Mamata Banerjee continues to blame vote rigging and the Election Commission's SIR process for her party's defeat, even months after assembly election results.
- •At a press conference in Delhi after the INDI alliance meeting, Mamata directly targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Commission's IT head Seema Khanna.
- •Mamata alleged that the election process was hijacked, with votes rigged from postal ballots and media managed to show BJP winning.
- •She accused Gyanesh Kumar of aiming to satisfy the BJP and demanded his resignation, questioning if he would face no punishment.
- •Mamata reiterated concerns about the SIR process, claiming it was used to loot votes in Bengal, and recounted being dismissed by a Commissioner when seeking justice.
Key Questions Answered
Mamata Banerjee targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that he and IT head Seema Khanna hijacked the entire election process to satisfy the BJP. She claimed his goal was to strip people of their democratic rights and questioned whether he should face resignation demands and punishment, noting that the election commissioner had dismissively told her to get lost when she raised concerns.
Mamata Banerjee alleged that vote rigging began during postal ballots from the second or third round following counting day, after which the media was managed to prematurely project a BJP victory. She also claimed that the Election Commission's SIR process was used to loot votes in Bengal by excluding voters, and that CRPF jawans forcibly removed her from the counting center.
The Trinamool Congress raised long-standing concerns that the Election Commission's Special Information Revision (SIR) process was used to delete voters' names and manipulate voter lists, effectively looting votes in Bengal. While opposition parties complained about widespread voter list corrections, the Election Commission maintained that the revision process was conducted lawfully.
