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A Trinamool Congress delegation connected Friday (November 28, 2025) met the afloat seat of the Election Commission of India (ECI) successful New Delhi and alleged that astatine slightest 40 SIR-related deaths had taken spot successful West Bengal, accusing the canvass sheet main of having "blood connected his hands".
The 10-member delegation, led by TMC Rajya Sabha person Derek O'Brien, met the ECI officials amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful West Bengal.
The delegation consisted of Lok Sabha MPs Mahua Moitra, Satabdi Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Pratima Mondal, Sajda Ahmed, and Rajya Sabha MPs Dola Sen, Mamata Thakur, Saket Gokhale, and Prakash Chik Barik.
Speaking to reporters aft the meeting, Mr. O'Brien said the enactment raised 5 questions, but Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar did not springiness immoderate answers.
"We started the gathering by stating that the CEC has humor connected his hands. We raised 5 questions. After this, Kalyan Banerjee, Mahua Moitra, and Mamata Bala Thakur spoke and shared immoderate they had to successful astir 40 minutes," Mr. O'Brien said.
"Then the CEC spoke uninterrupted for 1 hour. We were besides not interrupted portion we spoke, but we did not person immoderate reply to immoderate of our 5 questions," helium said.
Ms. Moitra said the delegation shared with the CEC a database of 40 radical whose deaths, they alleged, were linked to the SIR process. The commission, however, dismissed it arsenic specified allegations, the Lok Sabha MP claimed.
Meanwhile, Mr. O'Brien asserted that the TMC is not opposed to the conception of SIR, but is "strongly opposed to the unplanned mode successful which the CEC and EC are going astir the job".
"Completely unplanned and heartless," helium said astir the SIR exercise.
The SIR is presently underway successful 12 States and Union Territories, including West Bengal.
