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The Trinamool Congress connected Friday (November 21, 2025) deed retired astatine Union Home Minister Amit Shah implicit his remarks connected Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing him of utilizing the "infiltrator rhetoric" to people West Bengal and alleging that the Centre had failed connected nationalist security.
The enactment besides demanded that Mr. Shah measurement down from his post.
Senior Minister Shashi Panja said Mr. Shah went to Gujarat and spoke astir ‘infiltrators’, ideology and nationalist security, but "the world is simply a heavy consciousness of insecurity crossed the country." She said terrorists sidesplitting tourists successful Kashmir and a blast successful Delhi showed that the "security model is cracking nether the Home Minister's watch." "If borders were genuinely secure, these incidents would not person happened," she said.
Ms. Panja accused Mr. Shah of distorting facts and "diverting attraction from failures by pointing fingers astatine Bengal." "When determination are lapses successful Delhi, the BJP reads from its aged publication and blames Bengal. It is simply a tired, predictable strategy," she said.
She said the SIR successful Bengal had turned into a "punishing, coercive" exercise.
"The past SIR successful 2002 took 2 years. Now Bengal is being forced to implicit it successful 2 months," she said.
She cited the Chief Minister's missive to the CEC astir "undue haste" and "inhuman pressure." "BLOs are being threatened, overworked and pushed to breaking point. Thirty-one lives person already been mislaid successful this SIR-driven clime of fear," she claimed.
Ms. Panja accused the BJP of wanting to "capture Bengal by intimidation." "You privation Bengal to beryllium afraid. You are manufacturing panic. But Bengal volition resist," she said.
She added that the BJP continued to beryllium seen arsenic "bairagato", outsiders and anti-Bengal.
"The coming predetermination volition beryllium it. You volition not transverse 50 seats," she said.
TMC MP Sagarika Ghose took the onslaught further and straight sought Mr. Shah's resignation.
"Mr Amit Shah is simply a singularly incapable Home Minister. He failed to forestall the Pahalgam panic attack. He failed to halt the Delhi blast. If infiltrators are coming in, it is his failure," she said.
Ms. Ghose said Mr. Shah was "too engaged breaking absorption governments" to unafraid India's borders.
"The borderline information unit reports to you. The work is yours. If borders are breached, you should resign," she said.
She said Mr. Shah's remarks connected ‘infiltrators’ were "political theatre" designed to warrant an SIR that was "hurting bonafide citizens." "The SIR is being utilized to disenfranchise people. It is targeted astatine Bengal. It is causing tremendous pain," she said.
Mr. Shah, addressing the BSF's Raising Day successful Bhuj, had said parties resisting SIR wanted infiltrators' names connected the rolls and described the workout arsenic a "purification" of the voters' list.
The TMC said Bengal "will not output to fear" and that its absorption would lone fortify up of the 2026 Assembly polls.
