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Supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed connected Monday (January 19, 2026) successful West Bengal implicit the submission of Form 7 for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Form 7 is an “application objecting to the inclusion of the sanction of different person; seeking deletion of ain name; seeking deletion of immoderate different person’s sanction from the electoral rotation owing to the person’s decease oregon due to the fact that they moved”.
Clashes erupted successful Murshidabad aft BJP supporters attempted to taxable a ample fig of Form 7 applications. Supporters of the Trinamool Congress were seen assaulting BJP workers and mounting Form 7 applications connected fire.
Police were spectators
BJP Murshidabad MLA, Gouri Sankar Ghosh, said that the territory Trinamool Congress enactment was down the onslaught connected the party’s supporters astatine the sub-divisional office, and the constabulary were mute spectators. Videos aired by section tv quality channels showed Trinamool Congress supporters throwing bricks astatine the vehicles of BJP supporters.
At Asansol successful Paschim Bardhaman district, a combat broke retired betwixt TMC and BJP workers extracurricular the sub-divisional administrator’s office. BJP workers had gone determination to taxable a clump of Form 7 applications. Asansol BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul organised protests and blocked roads implicit constabulary enactment against BJP supporters.
Ms. Paul said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has unleashed her enactment workers truthful that BJP workers are incapable to taxable Form 7 applications to rise objections astir fake voters. “Our workers are being attacked. Police are detaining BJP workers. Documents are being torn. This is an onslaught connected democracy,” the BJP person said.
Earlier this month, Trinamool Congress supporters had attacked astatine slightest 2 offices of the Block Development Officer successful the State implicit complaints that a ample fig of radical were being called for SIR hearings.
A delegation of West Bengal BJP met the State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and sought the deadline for submission of Form 7 to beryllium extended by astatine slightest a week. State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said that the Trinamool Congress enactment is trying to vitiate the SIR successful the State.
Mr. Bhattacharya said that Assembly elections volition not beryllium held if the SIR is not conducted properly. The BJP person besides alleged that salient persons are being called for SIR hearings arsenic a conspiracy to incite hatred among the radical of the State against ECI and the BJP.
