BJP demands audit of 1.25 crore entries made in SIR across three days in West Bengal

Alleging irregularities successful the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Leader of Opposition successful West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari connected Monday (December 1, 2025) sought an audit of each 1.25 crore entries made betwixt November 26 and 28 during the enumeration process

“We person a circumstantial request that each entries (for the enumeration process) of astir 1.25 crore made from November 26 to 28 beryllium examined by the peculiar observers and ECI’s method squad utilizing each exertion disposable with the Commission,” Mr. Adhikari told West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal.

A delegation of BJP MLAs led by Suvendu Adhikari met the CEO and alleged that a conception of officials of the West Bengal government, on with officials of I-PAC (political consultants engaged by Trinamool Congress), person indulged successful sedate irregularities during the digitisation during SIR-2025.

“Between 26-28 November, digitisation figures jumped from 5.5 crore to 6.75 crore, an abnormal and statistically intolerable leap of 1.25 crore entries wrong conscionable 3 days. Widespread inputs from the tract bespeak that this surge was achieved not by BLOs, but by IPAC, known to beryllium precise adjacent to the ruling TMC illegally performing digitisation tasks,” the missive by BJP delegation to the CEO said.

The BJP leaders who signed the missive claimed that determination was a persistent nonaccomplishment to delete dormant voters, which is undermining elector rotation credibility“Despite repeated alerts and documented complaints from our territory units, dormant voters are not being systematically deleted. This deliberate inaction is resulting successful a elector rotation that is inflated, inaccurate and unfastened to exploitation,” the missive stated.

The different request raised by the BJP delegation was the continued functioning of irregularly appointed EROs successful wide usurpation of ECI mandate .”Despite our circumstantial objections, EROs beneath SDO / equivalent level arsenic per the instructions of ECI, proceed to relation crossed the state. Your bureau has taken nary applicable corrective measures, starring to poor-quality verification, compromised neutrality, and breakdown of SIR protocol,” the BJP MLAs missive to CEO said.

Over the past respective days the BJP enactment successful West Bengal person been targeting the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). The full fig of electors successful West Bengal stands astatine 7.66 crore and by December 1, 99.90 % enrolment forms (EF) person been distributed and 96.37 % (EF) person been digitised.

Earlier connected Monday (December 1), erstwhile the BJP delegation visited CEO's bureau successful Kolkata, they came look to look with the protesting BLOs ( Block Level Officers) who were blocking the entranceway to the CEO's office. For the past respective days, members of ‘BLO Adhikar Raksha Committee’ person been protesting extracurricular the CEO's office.

The protesting BLOs, astir of whom are supporters of Trinamool Congress, raised slogans “Suvendu Adhikari Go Back”, Supporters of the BJP person joined the enactment MLAs and gathered astatine the spot. The BJP leaders raised questions connected however the Kolkata Police fixed support to the protesters to clasp the protests extracurricular the CEO office.