West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission (EC), calling the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state “deeply alarming" and urging a halt to the exercise.

Banerjee, in her letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, claimed the process is being conducted in an “unplanned and coercive" manner, putting both citizens and officials at risk.

“I am compelled to write to you as the situation surrounding the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has reached a deeply alarming stage. The manner in which this exercise is being forced upon officials and citizens is not only unplanned and chaotic, but also dangerous," she wrote.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC Gyanesh Kumar – “…I am compelled to wri

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