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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Friday (March 20, 2026) alleged that an “unofficial” and “self declared” President’s regularisation has been imposed successful West Bengal.
“President’s regularisation has been imposed successful West Bengal. Modi ji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) has to clasp elections successful West Bengal nether President’s rule. It is specified a shame. They fearfulness the radical of the Bengal truthful much. Though the Centre has not pronounced it, but their actions constituent astatine the reality,” Ms. Banerjee said portion releasing her party’s manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections successful West Bengal.
Reiterating her displeasure implicit the transfer of officers of the State by the Election Commission, she asked however volition officers from different States alien to language, civilization and geography of the State volition behaviour elections. About 50 elder officers including, State’s Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, Director General of Police and astir a twelve of District magistrates and Superintend of Police person been transferred by the Election Commission implicit the past fewer dates since the exemplary codification of behaviour came into force.
Ms. Banerjee claimed that the Centre was readying to “take distant people’s citizenship” successful the sanction of NRC (National Register of Citizens) and Census aft the upcoming assembly elections successful the state. She besides said that determination were plans to disagreement West Bengal, by creating a abstracted authorities craving retired parts of northbound Bengal and Bihar. “They bash not privation West Bengal to exist,” she said.
Ms. Banerjee expressed apprehension that the judicial adjudication of astir 60 lakh electors volition not beryllium completed earlier elections.
“I person heard that lone 22 lakh cases person been adjudicated truthful far, retired of which 10 lakh names person been deleted,” she said. The Trinamool Congress said that a peculiar assemblage has been targeted done the workout and said that she had knocked each doorway from the judiciary to the Election Commission.
“Right to ballot is the biggest right,” she said, adding that the close is being snatched distant by the Election Commission astatine the behest of the BJP.
Do not look elsewhere if you privation to prevention Bengal
The Trinamool Congress made an entreaty to the electorate of the State, not to look elsewhere if they privation to prevention West Bengal. “It is not the clip to look elsewhere, if you privation to prevention Bengal,” she said.
Releasing her party’s manifesto the Chief Minister who is seeking to instrumentality to powerfulness for the 4th consecutive word said that the West Bengal Assembly polls was an accidental “ to prevention the state from the hands of Narendra Modi”.
She urged the radical not to judge wealth from the BJP and said that they should springiness a fitting reply to the saffron party.
Ms. Banerjee claimed that lakhs of cardinal forces volition descend connected West Bengal during elections.
“Who volition provender them. We are already facing shortage of LPG cylinders,” she said. The Trinamool Congress chairperson said that she volition commencement run aft Id-ul- Fitr which volition beryllium observed connected Saturday.
The Trinamool Congress has already announced the database of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls. Elections to the 294 subordinate West Bengal Assembly volition beryllium held successful 2 phases connected April 23 and April 29. The votes volition beryllium counted connected May 4.
