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A time aft a 10-member Trinamool Congress delegation met a afloat seat of the Election Commission (EC) connected the contented of peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being carried retired successful 12 States and Union Territories, including West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) asked the canvass assemblage to merchandise the transcript of the meeting.
Addressing a property league here, the enactment claimed that the EC did not reply immoderate of the 5 questions raised connected the contented of SIR workout successful West Bengal, including the caller “SIR-related” deaths, astatine the gathering connected Friday.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha subordinate Derek O’Brien said his enactment was not against the SIR successful rule but feels that the methodology was flawed. “This is going the aforesaid mode arsenic demonetisation”.
“Our National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has made a tenable demand…Why don’t you merchandise the transcript of what transpired successful the meeting. We are not asking it to beryllium done successful 1 oregon 2 days. Take your clip but merchandise the transcript,” Mr. O’Brien said.
The Trinamool Congress MPs raised the contented of deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLO), including the reported decease of 1 much serviceman connected Saturday. Mr. O’Brien, who was flanked by Pratima Mandal, Sajda Ahmed and Saket Gokhale, said they [BLO] are “not conscionable a fig but a quality tragedy”.
Earlier, enactment leaders said that it told the canvass assemblage it had “blood connected its hands” for the deaths owed to the “completely unplanned, reckless and heartless” SIR.
‘Rebuttal given’
On Friday, a elder authoritative of the Election Commission said that the EC had fixed a point-by-point rebuttal to the issues raised by the delegation.
He said the afloat seat requested them to springiness claims and objections aft December 9 erstwhile the draught database is shared with them and not to interfere with the autarkic functioning of BLOs, EROs and DEOs who are State Government employees connected deputation to election-related works.
The EC besides said that the enactment should not effort to power oregon endanger the BLOs regarding dead, shifted and duplicate voters. It further said that the delegation was told that lone Indian citizens are entitled to ballot arsenic per Article 326 of the Constitution of India, the authoritative added.
