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TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee connected Tuesday (January 14, 2026) presented 10 much people, who were allegedly declared dormant successful the draught electoral rolls during the SIR successful West Bengal, astatine a rally here, and accused the Election Commission of taking distant voting rights of citizens done the ongoing exercise.
He besides alleged that the BJP-led Centre has not been keeping its electoral promises, and said the combat successful the upcoming Assembly elections is betwixt the radical of the State and the saffron party.
Calling the 10 radical connected the stage, the TMC nationalist wide caput said, "All of them were calved and brought up successful Cooch Behar, but they were declared dormant by the BJP's stooge Election Commission," Mr. Banerjee alleged.
The names of these 10 radical were "struck disconnected the electoral rolls successful the ongoing SIR", helium said.
Earlier this month, Mr. Banerjee had paraded 2 men and a woman, allegedly marked arsenic dormant voters successful the draught electoral rolls, astatine a rally successful South 24 Parganas district.
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The Diamond Harbour MP besides accused the ECI of "taking distant the voting rights of radical alternatively of moving for the masses".
Claiming that astir 3.5 lakh radical of Cooch Behar territory unsocial person been fixed notices by the ECI implicit logical discrepancies successful the SIR process, helium urged the TMC workers to guarantee that the names of each these radical are included successful the elector list.
"It is not conscionable the funds for roads, lodging oregon water, but the BJP authorities is trying to instrumentality distant our cardinal close of voting," the TMC person alleged.
He claimed that astir 78 radical person died successful Bengal successful narration to anxieties implicit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
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Mr. Banerjee alleged that the promises made by the apical BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to the radical of Cooch Behar successful each predetermination since 2014, person not been kept.
"From making the Narayani battalion, grooming centre successful the sanction of legendary warrior Chilarai to declaring Madan Mohan temple arsenic an planetary tourer site, the BJP has not done anything," helium claimed.
The TMC person besides alleged that the BJP-ruled Centre has not lived up to its committedness of granting planetary presumption to Cooch Behar airport.
"The work of the 9-seater craft from Cooch Behar to Kolkata, which was introduced successful February, 2023, is astir to halt astatine the extremity of this month," helium said, claiming that the BJP does not support its promises.
He urged radical of Cooch Behar to guarantee that TMC candidates are voted to the assembly from each 9 seats successful the district.
The BJP had won six seats successful the 2021 Assembly elections, portion the TMC got three.
"I convey the radical of Cooch Behar for defeating Nisith Pramanik, the past lawman of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, successful the 2024 Lok Sabha elections," helium said.
Pramanik was the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2021 to 2024 and was an MP from Cooch Behar.
He besides asserted that the Trinamool Congress authorities volition beryllium formed for the 4th consecutive word successful West Bengal nether the main ministership of Mamata Banerjee.
Accusing the BJP enactment of insulting the intelligentsia of the state, helium said, "The combat is betwixt the radical of Bengal and the BJP."
Pointing to the Enforcement Directorate's January 8 raids connected governmental consultancy steadfast I-PAC's bureau and its manager Pratik Jain's residence, helium said, "They tried to browbeat the TMC by sending ED, but present they person themselves been shown their position." Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had gone to some these places during the raids and had accused the ED of confiscating her party's documents and hard disks. Stating that the documents person details astir the TMC's candidates for the upcoming assembly polls, she had told reporters that the materials had nary nexus to immoderate fiscal probe.
Taking connected the BJP leaders successful Bengal for making caustic comments against the TMC for its slogan "Jay Bangla", the Diamond Harbour MP said, "Even the country's President gave the slogan during her sojourn here, truthful who are these people?"
Mr. Banerjee accused the BSF of atrocities connected guiltless farmers engaged successful enactment connected onshore adjacent the planetary borderline with Bangladesh.
The BJP's enactment was "unaware of Bengal's legacy" and was "insulting the State", helium alleged.
Maintaining that the Assam authorities has been sending NRC notices to immoderate residents of Cooch Behar, helium said, "What close does the BJP authorities successful that authorities person to bash so? I privation to archer the Chief Minister determination not to instrumentality up cudgels with the radical of Bengal; this is not Madhya Pradesh oregon Gujarat."
