February 28, 2026
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'Misbehaved, thumped table and left': EC hits back at Mamata's fiery attack on poll chief over SIR | India News

‘Misbehaved, thumped table and left’: EC hits back at Mamata’s fiery attack on poll chief over SIR | India News

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Mamata Banerjee, CEC Gyanesh Kumar (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.ECI sources claimed the Trinamool Congress leader “raised false allegations, misbehaved, thumped the table and left” during a meeting on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…

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'Arrogant, liar': Mamata attacks EC chief after SIR meet, asks why Bengal being targeted | India News

‘Arrogant, liar’: Mamata attacks EC chief after SIR meet, asks why Bengal being targeted | India News

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NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday strongly criticised Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, calling him “arrogant” and a “liar” after meeting him at the Election Commission headquarters in Delhi. The sharp remarks came amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which Banerjee and the…

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‘Desperate, politically motivated’: Suvendu Adhikari writes to EC; rejects Mamata Banerjee’s allegations on SIR | India News

‘Desperate, politically motivated’: Suvendu Adhikari writes to EC; rejects Mamata Banerjee’s allegations on SIR | India News

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NEW DELHI: West Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday hit out at chief minister Mamata Banerjee, strongly rejecting her allegations about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, Adhikari highlighted that Mamata Banerjee’s letter to the EC “appears to be a desperate…

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SIR row erupts: BJP hits back after Mamata Banerjee’s letter to CEC; calls her concerns 'pure fiction' | India News

SIR row erupts: BJP hits back after Mamata Banerjee’s letter to CEC; calls her concerns ‘pure fiction’ | India News

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Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday sent a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, dismissing CM Mamata Banerjee’s “desperate lies” about the SIR exercise and her latest request to the Election Commission to halt it. The BJP leader said her concerns were…

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'Rectify the glitches, or ...': CM Mamata writes of CEC; urges to stop 'unplanned' Bengal SIR | India News

‘Rectify the glitches, or …’: CM Mamata writes of CEC; urges to stop ‘unplanned’ Bengal SIR | India News

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CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, criticising the “procedural violations” and “administrative lapses” in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which is currently under way in the poll-bound state.Mamata Banerjee called the exercise “unplanned, arbitrary and…

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Amid 'SIR deaths', officials say Phase-2 easier than Bihar exercise | India News

Amid ‘SIR deaths’, officials say Phase-2 easier than Bihar exercise | India News

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Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Amid attempts to link the deaths or alleged suicides by booth-level officers (BLOs), particularly in West Bengal, to “pressure” of work related to the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, election-related officials pointed out that Phase-2 of the exercise was progressing at a much more relaxed pace…

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