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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) claimed that Assembly elections successful the State would beryllium announced instantly aft the work of the last electoral rolls pursuing the SIR workout successful February to forestall ineligible challenges.
Addressing a nationalist gathering successful Cooch Behar district, Ms. Banerjee alleged that the SIR workout was being utilized to instil fearfulness among voters.
“They volition state elections conscionable aft the last rolls of SIR are retired successful February, truthful that cipher gets the accidental to situation the rolls legally. It volition beryllium done truthful that elections are held based connected that list,” she said.
Ms. Banerjee alleged that the EC’s November 4 rollout of the SIR has created “widespread fear” among the people, making them apprehensive that their names would beryllium arbitrarily dropped from the voters’ list.
“Now we person to beryllium our citizenship? What greater shame tin determination beryllium than this? People who person lived present for generations are being asked to beryllium who they are,” she said.
Stepping up her onslaught connected the Centre, the CM accused the BJP-led authorities of moving an “anarchic and autocratic” regime.
She alleged that the BJP would destruct the culture, connection and practice of Bengal if it came to powerfulness successful the State.
Ms. Banerjee besides claimed that had her authorities blocked the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the BJP-led dispensation astatine the Centre would person imposed President’s Rule successful West Bengal.
“They were waiting for a chance. If we had stopped the SIR, President’s Rule would person been imposed here,” she alleged.
