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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) near for Delhi and is apt to conscionable Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar successful Delhi connected Monday (February 2, 2026).
The sojourn of the Trinamool Congress chairperson to the office of the Election Commission of India (ECI) comes amidst the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) successful West Bengal, which Ms. Banerjee and her enactment person opposed powerfully implicit the past respective months.
“Tomorrow, astatine 4 o’clock [pm], they [ECI] person fixed america the time. After the meeting, we volition little the press. I americium going to Delhi aft a agelong interval,” Ms. Banerjee told media persons successful Kolkata earlier leaving for Delhi. Ms. Banerjee said that she volition besides conscionable her enactment MPs successful Delhi. Ms. Banerjee is apt to beryllium accompanied by her enactment MPs.
“My MPs are there. As the chairperson of the parliamentary committee, it is my work to conscionable them arsenic well. I volition little the media regarding however they [BJP] privation to decorativeness the national operation successful the sanction of SIR,” she said.
Ms. Banerjee connected Sunday (February 1) said the Election Commission of India (ECI) is weaponising SIR, and the BJP should combat the Trinamool Congress politically. “They volition suffer successful Bengal. That is wherefore they are weaponising SIR. If they person the guts, I would entreaty to them to combat democratically and politically alternatively of utilizing the ECI and different agencies to triumph the polls,” the Chief Minister said. Ms. Banerjee said that the BJP volition suffer the Assembly polls successful each the States. “We are acceptable to combat inch to inch. Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu volition win. In Assam, they volition lose,” she said.
The Chief Minister has written six letters to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar connected the contented of SIR implicit the past fewer months. In the past missive dated January 31, Ms. Banerjee said that SIR has resulted successful arsenic galore arsenic 140 deaths and was being carried retired successful blatant disregard of quality rights and humanitarian considerations.
“Recently, for the archetypal clip successful the electoral past of India, the Election Commission of India has deployed astir 8,100 micro observers (MOs) successful West Bengal during the ongoing SIR process. These micro observers are being unilaterally engaged by the EC without capable grooming oregon demonstrated expertise for specified a specialised, delicate and quasi-judicial exercise,” the Chief Minister said successful the letter.
In the archetypal signifier of SIR, 58 lakh names were removed from the electoral rolls successful the State bringing the fig of electors successful the authorities to 7.08 crore from 7.66 crore. There were convulsive protests implicit notices to electors nether the class of “logical discrepancies”. About 1.36 crore specified notices of logical discrepancies person been issued.
