West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee led a massive protest rally in Kolkata today, opposing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted across the state.
Accompanied by TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several senior party leaders, Mamata Banerjee marched alongside thousands of supporters. The rally began at the statue of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Red Road and concluded at Jorasanko Thakur Bari, the ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore.
Addressing the crowd, Mamata Banerjee alleged that the revision drive was part of a “silent, invisible rigging” operation aimed at manipulating voter lists ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.
> “This is not a routine revision — it’s a calculated move to delete genuine voters and distort democracy,” Banerjee said, urging people to remain alert and verify their names on the electoral rolls.
Meanwhile, as part of the SIR process, over 80,000 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have begun door-to-door verification across the state to update and correct voter data. The Election Commission has described the exercise as a standard procedure to ensure accuracy and inclusion.
However, the TMC has raised concerns that the drive is being politically influenced and may disproportionately affect voters in minority and rural regions.
The rally ended peacefully, but political observers say this marks the beginning of a high-stakes battle between the TMC and the Election Commission as West Bengal moves toward the 2026 polls.
