West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday tore into the BJP over SIR, claiming that more than half of those who died in incidents linked to the enumeration exercise across the country were Hindus, and warning the party against "cutting the very branch it was sitting on".

Addressing an anti-SIR rally in minority-majority Murshidabad district, Banerjee accused the BJP of indulging in "religious politics" ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls.

The TMC supremo also reiterated that she would never allow NRC or detention camps to come up in Bengal "even if my throat is slit".

“The BJP is indulging in religious politics over Special Intensive Revision (SIR). More than half of those who died in SIR-related incidents were Hindus. Don't cut the very branch you are sitting on,” she said.

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