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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Monday (November 10, 2025) dubbed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls arsenic “votebandi”, and urged the Election Commission of India to instantly halt the exercise.
Ms. Banerjee besides said she was incapable to fathom the “hurry” to behaviour the SIR conscionable earlier elections.
“The BJP-led cardinal authorities is harassing radical successful the sanction of SIR. Just similar demonetisation was ‘notebandi’, SIR is ‘votebandi’. It is different signifier of ace emergency,” she told reporters successful Siliguri.
“I bash not recognize the hurry successful conducting SIR conscionable earlier elections. The ECI indispensable instantly halt this exercise. The revision of electoral rolls cannot beryllium completed successful 2 oregon 3 months. It is being carried retired forcibly,” the CM alleged.
Ms. Banerjee asserted that the BJP tin nonstop her to jailhouse oregon “even chopped my throat” for speaking retired against SIR, “but bash not curb the voting rights of people”.
The Chief Minister besides criticised the Goods and Services Tax, calling it a “blunder” that should beryllium rolled back.
“The cardinal authorities is looting radical successful the sanction of GST,” alleged Ms. Banerjee.
