- By Aditya Jha
- Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:13 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bengal SIR Row: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday stated that the concerns raised by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters list were "fictional". In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Adhikari asserted that the SIR was necessary, adding that the state administration tried to disrupt the process. His remarks came a day after Banerjee urged the poll body to halt the exercise, citing several alleged irregularities, further calling it "unplanned". The Election Commission has stated that the revision was being conducted as per the rules, and it is open to suggestions from the political parties.
What Did Suvendu Adhikari Say?
In his letter to the CEC, Adhikai alleged that the concerns raised by the chief minister were fictional, adding that the revision was required to remove the bogus voters from the list. “The SIR is not, as she falsely portrays, an ‘unplanned, ill-prepared, and ad hoc’ farce, but a meticulously orchestrated national initiative aimed at purging the system of duplicate, bogus, and ineligible entries that have inflated voter lists and undermined the sanctity of our democracy,” Adhikari asserted.
I have sent a letter to the Hon'ble Chief Election Commissioner; @ECISVEEP Shri Gyanesh Kumar, dismantling Mamata Banerjee's desperate lies against the SIR exercise and her latest plea for halting SIR.
— Suvendu Adhikari (@SuvenduWB) January 5, 2026
Her so-called "concerns" about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is… pic.twitter.com/DgI2gm1f5y
“It is clear as daylight that the Hon’ble Chief Minister’s outrage stems from the counterfactual reality: the SIR is proving devastatingly counterproductive to her party's prospects in the upcoming 2026 Assembly Elections," he added.
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The BJP leader further urged the poll body to continue the exercise, claiming that the SIR has received massive support from the people of West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee Raised Concerns
Earlier on January 4, the chief minister urged the Election Commission to halt the revision process by claiming that the results had many irregularities. She also claimed that the SIR will cause "irreversible" damage to the voter list of West Bengal. She asserted that it would result in "large-scale disenfranchisement of eligible voters and a direct assault on the foundational principles of democratic governance".