West Bengal SIR: The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday lashed out at the Chief Election Commissioner and ECI after a 90-minute meeting with CEC Gyanesh Kumar on SIR. As she came out of the ECI office in Delhi, Benerjee launched a fresh attack against the poll body, accusing it of functioning on the behest of the BJP.

Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by Abhishek Banerjee and the families affected by the SIR process in West Bengal, reached the ECI office amid heightened security.

West Bengal SIR: How Many Votes Were Removed From The Voter List

Mamata alleged that the ECI removed 58 lakh people from the voter list and intentionally did so to benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party. Emerging from the meeting, Bengal CM alleged that the poll body did not carry out the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Assam because there is a BJP government.

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She said, ".... If you had to do SIR, you should have left the election-bound states and done it with proper planning, but you didn't. You have a BJP government in Assam. You didn't do SIR in Assam, but you did it in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. What did you do to us? You removed 58 lakh people. There's a lot of mismatch and mismapping here. If we had to SIR in 2022, and ask us to bring the birth certificates of our fathers, it would not have been possible. Earlier, children were born in homes and not in hospitals... Ask your Prime Minister if he has the institution delivery certificates of his father and mother..."

Misbehaved, Humiliated: Mamata After Meeting With CEC

Banerjee further said that she left the meeting in the middle and came out. “I boycotted and stepped out. This election commissioner is very arrogant. We have been misbehaved with. We have been humiliated,” she said.

Speaking to reporters outside the ECI office, Mamata alleged, "I am very sad. I have been involved in politics in Delhi for a very long time. I was a minister 4 times and an MP 7 times. I have never seen such an Election Commissioner who is so arrogant, who is such a liar. I told him that I respect your chair because no chair is permanent for anyone. One day you have to go... Why Bengal is being targeted. Elections are a festival in a democracy, but you deleted the names of 58 lakh people and did not allow them to defend themselves."

ECI Rubishes Banerjee's Claim, Alleges Misbehaviour On Her Part

After Banerjee accused CEC Gyanesh Kumar of misbehaviour and 'injustice', ANI sources in the Election Commission said that CEC politely explained to the delegation that the rule of law will prevail during the SIR process instead Banerjee was misbehaving during the meeting.

The sources said that despite the polite posture of the Chief Election Commissioner and the two Election Commissioners, the Trinamool Congress leader "raised false allegations, misbehaved, thumped the table and left".

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"The CEC responded to her queries and explained that rule of law shall prevail and anybody taking law into their own hands shall be dealt with strictly as per the provisions of law and powers vested in the Commission," a source said.

Assembly Election In West Bengal is expected to be held in first half of 2026.