West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Election Commission to stop the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, calling the exercise a “votebandi” and describing it as a “super emergency” that cannot be completed fairly in two months.

Addressing mediapersons in Siliguri during a visit to oversee post-flood relief work in affected regions, Mamata said the timing of the SIR was deliberate and punitive.

“It is impossible to conduct SIR successfully and completely in just two months. SIR is being imposed upon common people just like demonetisation,” Banerjee said. “Not a single rupee was given by the Centre after such a tragedy in North Bengal. You have kept all the officials busy intentionally so that they cannot work for three months. This is a Super Eme

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