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Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari led a Bharatiya Janta Party rally named ‘Parivartan Yatra’ (walk for change) on Tuesday (November 4) in the outskirts of Kolkata. The protestors demanded that each Bangladeshi infiltrator beryllium deported from the state and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls be completely undertaken crossed the State.
This comes arsenic the door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms began successful the State on Tuesday (November 4, 2025), and simultaneously Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a rally successful cardinal Kolkata to protest against the SIR process.
Earlier successful the time connected Tuesday, Mr. Adhikari led a BJP delegation and met with the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal astatine his Kolkata office to record a deputation to rise concerns astir the irregularities successful the SIR process successful immoderate parts of the State and the alleged interference of the ruling enactment members.
Supporters of BJP raised slogans and accused Ms. Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress of manipulating the decease of each idiosyncratic successful West Bengal to nexus it to SIR.
“We privation a elector database escaped of errors and infiltrators. This rally is to respect the Election Commission, whereas, Ms. Mamata is conducting a rally with infiltrators,” Mr. Adhikari said.
BJP supporters carried posters that said, “Detect. Delete. Deport” — a connection directed towards alleged infiltrators. Mr. Adhikari besides urged Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to not get trapped by immoderate provocation caused by the ruling enactment members and fto the Election Commission of India instrumentality each ineligible steps to support them. This comes arsenic determination person been aggregate allegations by BLOs crossed the State astir facing threats from assorted factions of society.
“If they [TMC] harm oregon onslaught immoderate of our Booth Level Agents (BLA), BJP leaders like myself will settle the people with them,” Mr. Adhikari said. He besides said that if the TMC does not let the SIR process to beryllium conducted and delay elections, they volition ensure the State goes nether President’s Rule.
“SIR had been undertaken astatine slightest 8 times and was indispensable for the involvement of the state and redeeming its integrity and democracy. Why has the TMC abruptly woken up to the contented and is trying to derail the process. People person seen done their games,” helium said, calling for ‘parivartan’ (change) successful West Bengal.
Mr. Adhikari besides dared the TMC to halt the SIR process successful West Bengal and called their opposition of the workout “unconstitutional”.
According to authoritative records shared by the CEO, West Bengal office, much than 16 lakh enumeration forms were distributed crossed the State connected the archetypal time of the door-to-door activity.
At her rally, Ms. Banerjee vowed she would not fto immoderate azygous genuine voter to beryllium removed from the elector list and accused the BJP of tagging everyone speaking successful Bengali arsenic Bangladeshi.
“So galore years aft the partition, now I will have to beryllium my citizenship? The past SIR took 2 years, past wherefore this clip it is being hurried successful 2 months?” Ms. Banerjee raised questions.
