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Hitting retired astatine the Election Commission, elder TMC person Abhishek Banerjee connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026) alleged that canvass officials were continuing to flout Supreme Court directives by issuing directions to their subordinates done WhatsApp during the SIR workout successful West Bengal.
Sharing purported screenshots of a WhatsApp radical chat connected X, Mr. Banerjee said the Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasised transparency, owed process, and adherence to authoritative channels of communication.
"Yet we are witnessing instructions being circulated implicit WhatsApp alternatively than done formal, traceable, and accountable mechanisms," helium said.
He besides questioned instructions sent by Special Roll Observer C. Murugan straight to micro observers.
Is the @ECISVEEP of the presumption that directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court tin beryllium openly FLOUTED? The highest Court of the onshore has repeatedly emphasised transparency, owed process, and adherence to authoritative channels of communication. Yet we are witnessing instructions being… pic.twitter.com/YVtwkK8p5m
— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) February 18, 2026"Even much disturbing are credible reports of Special Roll Observer, C. Murugan, issuing instructions regarding the acceptability of commencement certificates straight to Micro Observers successful a WhatsApp group, to inflate deletion numbers. Need I punctual the ECI of the Supreme Court's categorical directive that the relation of micro-observers indispensable stay strictly assistive?" helium asked.
Mr. Banerjee, the nationalist wide caput of the party, questioned wherefore the statutory process was being "bypassed" and nether whose instructions it was being done.
He besides alleged that login credentials of rotation observers linked to circumstantial districts were being accessed centrally from Kolkata and "misused".
"Login Data is being misused to make queries and specifically people a definite assemblage astatine the absorption of ECI's governmental masters successful Delhi. Should this substance beryllium independently examined, it volition beryllium established that the operation determination and IP code of the login instrumentality disagree from the existent determination of the acrophobic rotation observer," helium claimed.
The TMC person said his enactment would instrumentality up the substance earlier the Supreme Court, which was proceeding aggregate petitions against the SIR exercise, including 1 moved by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
"The Election Commission derives its legitimacy from PUBLIC TRUST, not POLITICAL PATRONAGE. We shall prosecute this substance earlier the highest tribunal of law. Further, immoderate idiosyncratic aligning themselves with oregon acting astatine the behest of Zamindars of Delhi volition look stringent and uncompromising ineligible action. Brace yourselves!" helium said.
The allegations were levelled little than 24 hours aft the CM tore into the canvass body, calling it a "Tughlaqui commission", and accused it of acting astatine the behest of the BJP to manipulate the voters' lists successful the state.
