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Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal to Sue Mahua Moitra for Defamation Over SIR Allegations
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News18•07-10-2026, 09:15
Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal to Sue Mahua Moitra for Defamation Over SIR Allegations
- •Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal is seeking legal advice to initiate defamation proceedings against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra.
- •The legal action stems from social media allegations made by Moitra regarding Bengal's Special Intensive Revision.
- •Moitra had accused Agarwal and Subrata Gupta of being the main architects of the SIR and committing widespread illegalities.
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Manoj Agarwal is seeking legal opinion to initiate defamation proceedings following a post on X by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, where she labeled him and Subrata Gupta as the main architects of Bengal's Special Intensive Revision and alleged they committed multiple illegalities.
Manoj Agarwal served as the Chief Electoral Officer under whom the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bengal took place, and he currently holds the position of Chief Secretary of Bengal.
Mahua Moitra accused Manoj Agarwal and Subrata Gupta of being the two biggest architects of Bengal's Special Intensive Revision and claimed that they had committed every illegality under the planet.
