West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again slammed the SIR exercise in the state, calling it “unplanned, chaotic and dangerous”. Referring to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly Elections early next year, Mamata said there are “critical gaps in training, lack of clarity on mandatory documentation and the near-impossibility of meeting voters in the midst of their livelihood schedules.”

The Trinamool Congress supremo, on Friday, shared on her X account a letter which she wrote to the Election Commission yesterday, stating: “Sharing herewith my latest letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, articulating my serious concerns in respect of the ongoing SIR…..”

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