West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday continued her attack on the BJP over the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “orchestrating” the exercise to unsettle voters and “capture West Bengal by trickery”.

Addressing a massive anti-SIR rally in Malda’s Gajol, a minority-dominated area, Banerjee said the BJP had “miscalculated the pulse of Bengal” and ended up “digging its own grave” by pushing for a hurried revision process that triggered panic among citizens.

“In February, Bengal election dates will be announced, so they did this SIR on purpose three months earlier. Shah has done this so that either you follow SIR or topple the government by imposing President’s rule. Sh

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