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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026) met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, amid the charged governmental ambiance successful the poll-bound State implicit the SIR exercise.
Mr. Yadav, who is connected a idiosyncratic travel to Kolkata with woman and Lok Sabha MP Dimple Yadav, arrived astatine authorities secretariat ‘Nabanna’ astir 1.40 p.m., a elder authoritative said.
“This is simply a courtesy meeting. The 2 leaders are holding discussions astatine the CM’s chamber,” helium told PTI.
Mr. Yadav, who is successful Kolkata to be a household function, connected Monday (January 26, 2026) deed retired astatine the BJP saying, “Didi (Mamata Banerjee) has defeated the ED; we are definite that she volition present decision the BJP erstwhile again.”
The erstwhile Uttar Pradesh main curate comments were successful notation to Banerjee precocious storming the probe agency’s raid venues of I-PAC bureau and its manager Pratik Jain’s residence.
The BJP has not yet been capable to hide the “pain of losing the pen drive”, Mr. Yadav had said, successful a purported notation to the physics devices the CM had travel retired with from the agency’s hunt cognition premises during the raids.
“Mamata Banerjee speaks of emotion and brotherhood, portion the BJP speaks of divisiveness. The BJP, done SIR, is not trying to heighten its votes; it is trying to slash the votes of opponents.
“We expected a law assemblage similar the Election Commission to stay neutral portion conducting this exercise. But, our experiences successful states similar Bengal, Bihar and UP is telling america that this is conscionable a means to trim votes of BJP’s opponents,” Mr. Yadav had asserted.
Only ‘Didi’ tin antagonistic onslaught of BJP successful India: Akhilesh
Mr. Yadav met Ms. Banerjee and lauded the TMC supremo for her “courage successful countering BJP’s onslaughts”.
The erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, on with his woman and Lok Sabha MP Dimple Yadav, held a gathering with Ms. Banerjee.
“Only ‘Didi’ (Mamata Banerjee) tin antagonistic the onslaught of the BJP successful this country,” Mr. Yadav, flanked by the West Bengal Chief Minister, told reporters aft the meeting.
“Attempts are being made to instrumentality the NRC successful the garb of the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and harass people,” helium alleged, referring to the acquisition of the rotation revision workout successful Uttar Pradesh, wherever astir 2.89 crore voters were deleted from the draught rolls.
Mr. Yadav’s gathering with Banerjee lasted astir 40 minutes.
“We volition widen afloat enactment to Mamata Banerjee successful her combat to prevention democracy,” helium said.
