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The Trinamool Congress connected Monday (February 16, 2026) accused the Election Commission (EC) of violating the tone of the Supreme Court bid by refusing to judge fiscal assistance authorisation letters issued nether authorities lodging schemes arsenic valid documentation for peculiar intensive revision (SIR) hearings.
In a societal media post, West Bengal’s ruling enactment highlighted a missive by the EC’s Under Secretary Shakti Sharma to Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal stating that the fiscal authorisation letters issued schemes specified arsenic PMAY-G, IAY, Banglar Bari (Gramin), etc., are not the documents arsenic specified either successful the bid of the Supreme Court oregon successful the SIR instructions referred to above.
The Supreme Court, successful its February 9 order, said that those receiving SIR notices tin trust lone connected the documents mentioned successful the Commission’s notification regarding SIR.
The Trinamool Congress said that the EC’s missive was successful usurpation of the tone of the Supreme Court order, and relying connected method vagueness.
The enactment said the Supreme Court had observed that the EC arsenic a law assemblage “must relation successful a mode that upholds the spot of the electorate and ensures that each eligible elector is capable to workout their franchise, not make an ambiance of fearfulness and exclusion”.
The Trinamool Congress besides added that the “Commission is constitutionally mandated to support the people’s vote, not beforehand the governmental interests of immoderate party” adding that “they are the Election Commission. not an Election Omission”.
The EC and the West Bengal authorities person been astatine loggerheads implicit respective issues including the SIR workout successful the State. While the Trinamool Congress has accused the Commission of selectively applying electoral rules successful Bengal, with the nonsubjective of maximising elector deletion, the EC has claimed non-cooperation from the State government.
