The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the 2026 assembly polls has exploded into a full-scale political confrontation in West Bengal, pitting chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) against the BJP.

The two parties are locked in a bitter clash, trading accusations of electoral manipulation and communal politics.

Mamata’s Allegation: EC Working for BJP

Leading a massive anti-SIR rally in Kolkata on Tuesday, CM Mamata Banerjee asserted that the fall of the BJP-led government at the Centre would be inevitable if “even a single eligible voter was omitted" from the rolls. She directly accused the Election Commission (EC) of being a political tool for the BJP, alleging that the revision drive was being conducted selectively and with

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