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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026) that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is utilizing mobile applications developed by the BJP’s IT compartment to behaviour the ongoing SIR workout successful the State.
Speaking to reporters earlier concluding her two-day sojourn to Sagar Island successful South 24 Parganas territory to oversee preparations for the upcoming Gangasagar Mela, Ms. Banerjee accused the ECI of "resorting to each kinds of incorrect moves” portion conducting the electoral rotation revision.
“The ECI is resorting to each kinds of incorrect moves for conducting the SIR. It is marking eligible voters arsenic ‘dead’ and forcing the elderly, sick and indisposed to be hearings. It is making usage of mobile apps developed by the BJP’s IT compartment for the exercise. This is illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic. This cannot spell on,” the Chief Minister alleged.
The TMC supremo’s caller acceptable of allegations against the canvass sheet was made connected a time erstwhile her enactment MP Derek O’Brien moved the Supreme Court against the ECI, claiming it has taken recourse to “arbitrary and procedurally irregular actions” for conducting the ongoing SIR successful West Bengal.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) workout has “substantially aggravated difficulties faced by eligible and bona fide electors” successful the State, the TMC alleged.
Ms. Banerjee said, “I impulse the radical to stay cautious portion participating successful SIR. They indispensable basal beside those who request help. They don’t request to enactment me; enactment lone those who are successful occupation due to the fact that of this exercise.”
Sharpening her confrontation with the canvass sheet up of the Assembly elections, the Chief Minister had connected Monday (January 5, 2026) said that she would determination tribunal against the ECI's SIR of electoral rolls successful the State, alleging fear, harassment and administrative arbitrariness that she claimed had led to deaths and hospitalisations.
