Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Supreme Court was part of ‘scripted drama’: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s quality earlier the Supreme Court was aimed astatine disrupting the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful her State.

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Describing Ms. Banerjee’s sojourn to the Supreme Court and the Election Commission arsenic a “scripted drama”, BJP leaders said it was a “flop show” arsenic she returned “empty-handed”.

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, speaking from his Nandigram constituency, accused Ms. Banerjee of declaring “war” connected the SIR. “Mamata is doing each this to derail the SIR process and power votes based connected the 2024 elector lists... She tried to halt the SIR process but failed miserably,” helium said, asserting that if the process was disrupted, West Bengal could look President’s regularisation aft May 5.

‘Compelled BLOs’

At a property league successful Delhi, the BJP alleged that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were “compelled” to upload mendacious documents during the SIR process nether Ms. Banerjee’s watch. State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, on with Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, said the process was underway successful 12 States, with nary uproar anyplace else, but successful West Bengal.

“In a clandestine manner, she compelled the BLOs to upload mendacious documents into the system,” Mr. Bhattacharya said. “The Trinamool Congress’s docket is clear: Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas should stay connected the West Bengal elector list; names of the deceased, fake voters, and radical whose addresses are connected vacant onshore should remain,” helium said.

The BJP person questioned Ms. Banerjee’s Supreme Court visit, noting that she had not gone to the Anandapur warehouse successful Kolkata, wherever 27 radical were precocious killed successful a blaze and galore stay missing, but “travelled 1,500 km to scope the Supreme Court”.

National information concerns

The SIR contented is being raised arsenic the Trinamool Congress knows its “days are numbered”, helium alleged. “The radical of West Bengal person decided they volition not let this authorities to proceed nether immoderate circumstances,” helium said.

“There is simply a full breakdown of the Constitution and machinery successful our State, including the judiciary,” helium said, alleging that astir 300 BJP workers had been killed determination since 2016. Highlighting nationalist information concerns implicit amerciable immigration, fake individuality cards, and counterfeit currency smuggling, helium said the Trinamool authorities had repeatedly refused to supply onshore to the BSF for borderline outposts.

Mr. Majumdar termed Ms. Banerjee’s sojourn to the Supreme Court and the ECI portion of a “scripted drama” and called her submissions successful the tribunal a “complete governmental speech”. He besides alleged that errors successful the elector information were deliberately introduced by State authorities employees nether Trinamool influence.

Earlier, Mr. Adhikari said the Chief Minister had sought the removal of EC-appointed micro rotation observers, successful bid to impede the SIR process. “The West Bengal authorities did not supply capable qualified officers... That is wherefore the micro observers were appointed,” helium said.