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Bengal SIR Row: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday wrote a letter to the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) accepting their request for a meeting with the commission on November 28. The development comes amid a political stir in West Bengal over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). On Monday, Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee outlined the strategies for taking the anti-SIR issue to the national capital of New Delhi. A 10-member team of Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members was constituted to spearhead the anti-SIR movement in New Delhi and also take up the matter with top Election Commission of India officials at the poll panel's headquarters in the national capital.

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Last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a strongly worded letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday, asking him to immediately halt the exercise that she claimed was "chaotic, coercive and dangerous".

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Mamata Banerjee To Lead Anti-SIR Rally On Bengal Road

Meanwhile, the chief minister is set to intensify the ongoing political outrage over the SIR row as she will address a rally at Bangaon in North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, and she will also lead a protest march in the city. This will be the second anti-SIR rally and protest march that the Chief Minister will lead. The first rally was held in Kolkata on November 4.

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BJP Slams Mamata Over SIR Row, Says 'Bihar Has Shown The Way'

Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and Bihar Minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal has sharply criticised Banerjee for opposing the poll body exercise process in her state, stating that she should "learn from Bihar" where the exercise was carried out smoothly and with public acceptance.

He said the people of Bihar had rejected attempts to politicise the issue and had full faith in the sanitised voter list.

"Mamata Banerjee should learn from Bihar. About the 15 crore people in Bihar, more than 6 crore voters in the state, rejected the 'vote chori' and the issue over SIR raised by Rahul Gandhi; they have no issues with SIR," Jaiswal said. He added that the process was conducted systematically and transparently, ensuring that only legitimate voters remained on the rolls.

(With Agencies inputs)

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