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The Trinamool Congress connected Friday (February 20, 2026) described the Supreme Court’s order connected assigning judicial officers to implicit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful West Bengal a immense triumph for the radical of the State.
During the hearing, a Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria directed the Calcutta High Court to depute serving and erstwhile judicial officers to assistance with the SIR.
“Today marks a historical demolition of @ECISVEEP‘s bloated arrogance. The CEC erstwhile strutted astir similar an untouchable overlord, convinced his connection was final. That delusion has been shattered into oblivion. Roll observers had been stonewalling and parking morganatic claims, each portion plotting to erase morganatic voters successful a bid to rig the crippled for their governmental masters. But the Supreme Court conscionable delivered the knockout punch,” the Trinamool posted connected societal media.
The improvement assumes value arsenic the SIR process is yet to beryllium completed successful the poll-bound State. The Supreme Court directed the canvass assemblage to people the processed database of electoral rolls connected February 28.
Hailing the apex court’s intervention, the ruling enactment successful West Bengal said each claims, objections, and logical discrepancy cases volition present beryllium handled by impartial judicial officers appointed by the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
“This is simply a stroke to an Election Commission that ditched its ineffable law work and morphed into a partisan deed squad serving BJP’s vested interests. They’ve been dragged backmost to world and reminded that the sovereign powerfulness of the radical crushes the petty ambitions of those successful power,” the Trinamool said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had connected February 4, 2026, appeared earlier the Supreme Court successful idiosyncratic connected the substance involving SIR successful Bengal.
Reacting to the Supreme Court intervention, West Bengal BJP main spokesperson Debjit Sarkar said that Trinamool Congress has tried to reason the SIR from the commencement and should beryllium held liable if Assembly elections are not held successful time. Elections to the West Bengal Assembly are scheduled successful the adjacent fewer months.
Mr. Sarkar said that judges of the Supreme Court should instrumentality into relationship that West Bengal is the lone State wherever BDO offices are being attacked. “What is happening successful West Bengal is not regularisation of law, but a enactment rule,” helium said. During the hearing, the Supreme Court besides sought a presumption study connected alleged incidents of unit successful the State.
CPI(M) authorities caput Md. Salim said that SIR is simply a disruption imposed connected the radical of the State from the regularisation publication of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. “The Supreme Court has said that determination is simply a spot deficit. This is precisely what is happening... West Bengal is undergoing a traumatic phase,” helium said. The CPI(M) said that if names of genuine voters are deleted successful SIR, determination volition beryllium protests.
