West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met with the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in Delhi over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the converse before the upcoming assembly polls.
EC officials quoted in a PTI fable claimed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief “left the assembly in a huff” with out listening to the response of the election body’s top brass to the flaws she raised.
Speaking to the media after leaving the Election Commission’s headquarters, the West Bengal CM launched a fresh tirade in opposition to the poll panel, accusing it of functioning as the BJP’s “dalal” (middleman).
“So many people have died, who is responsible? The EC is responsible. They are working at the BJP’s behest. They behaved very badly with us. I said I am sorry we came here for justice; we did not get that, and you are lying. He is a great liar…,” she acknowledged.
“We said we will fight it on the ground. You have the power of the BJP; we have the power of the people. We boycotted the meeting and came out. They have insulted us, humiliated us… I have not seen this type of Election Commission; they are very arrogant … He talks with an attitude like he is Zamindar and we are servants,” she alleged.
How did the Mamata Banerjee-EC assembly transpire?
Mamata Banerjee met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and fellow ECs carrying a sad scarf as a impress of “protest”, TMC acknowledged in an announcement. Along with the West Bengal CM, her occasion leaders and a few “SIR-affected” families maintain been furthermore impress in the assembly, the statement added.
EC officials acknowledged that TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee spoke first in the assembly, adopted by Mamata Banerjee, along side that the ideas raised by them maintain been duly illustrious down by CEC Kumar and Election Commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
“When the CEC started to respond, the TMC leaders interjected on multiple occasions. She was agitated and left the meeting in a huff,” an reliable quoted by PTI claimed.
In accordance with the EC statement, the CEC explained that the “rule of law will prevail” and someone taking the law into their possess fingers will be handled strictly in line with the provisions of law and powers vested in the Commission.
CEC Kumar told the TMC leadership that its MLAs are openly utilizing abusive and perilous language in opposition to the Commission, in particular in opposition to the CEC.
There maintain been incidents of vandalism of the electoral registration officers by TMC workers and MLAs, Kumar told TMC leaders.
“No pressure, obstruction, or interference of any kind by anyone should be exerted on officers engaged in SIR work. Honorarium payable to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) should be released in a timely manner without any further delay, the CEC told the delegation,” an reliable acknowledged.
EC’s calls for from the West Bengal govt
The Election Commission’s statement listed some calls for it has product of the West Bengal govt. The Commission acknowledged it had requested a proposal for the appointment of ROs on January 20, in line with the components.
“Currently, handiest in 67 Assembly Constituencies, ROs are of the dismal of SDO/SDM,” the apex poll body acknowledged.
On switch of EROs, the Commission acknowledged, “The Government of West Bengal has transferred three Electoral Roll Observers without consulting ECI. ECI has requested for cancellation of transfer orders on 27.01.2026. However, no action has been reported so far.”
The EC additional alleged that the converse govt has now not registered an FIR in opposition to four officers (two ERO and two AERO) and one Files Entry Operator “for their failure to impress their statutory duties and for violating records safety policies by sharing login credentials with unauthorised persons”.
