After carrying out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar amid stiff opposition and the Supreme Court rebuke, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is determined to implement it before the West Bengal Election 2026, come what may. Though the process has been kicked off, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has opposed it vehemently after the death of many booth-level officers, including an aganwadi worker in the Siliguri district. Describing the process of the SIR as "unplanned, chaotic, and dangerous," the chief minister wrote a strong letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Mamata Banerjee writes to ECI

Reminding the CEC that she had earlier flagged "serious concerns," she said that the exercise had reached an "alarming stage." She wrote in the letter, "Th

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