A day after a flashpoint meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed concern over the special intensive revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral roll.
“Those sitting behind us are all victims of SIR. I could have brought lakhs of people here…” Mamata Banerjee said at a press conference in Delhi. (PTI)Banerjee, while addressing a press conference with alleged “victims” of the SIR process in Bengal, said they were not being given a chance to defend themselves, news agency PTI reported.
“Those who are sitting behind us are victims of SIR. I could have brought lakhs of people here…They are not giving SIR victims a chance to defend themselves,” Banerjee said in Delhi. This comes after Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Abhishek Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee led a 14-member delegation including members of the “SIR affected family” from West Bengal.
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Mamata Banerjee walked out of the meeting with the Election CommissionBanerjee met the Election Commission in the capital to raise concerns over the SIR process in West Bengal.
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However, the Bengal Chief Minister walked out of the meeting with CEC Gyanesh Kumar at his office, Accused of “insulting, disrespecting” him and humiliating” him.
Banerjee alleged that the CEC spoke to her “with a certain attitude”, calling the EC “very arrogant”.
“Will the Election Commission choose the government before the election. We are watching. You have BJP power. We have people power. So we boycotted the meeting. They insulted us, insulted us. I say such Election Commission is very arrogant. He spoke with a certain posture. Deliberately, he treated us so badly.” He misbehaved with Bengal.
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The Election Commission hit back at Banerjee saying she left without hearing the EC’s response, according to PTI.
Banerjee and the TMC have been demanding an end to the ongoing SIR of the state’s voter list, saying it was unfairly targeted. West Bengal voter
They also alleged that the practice in its current form would lead to “mass disenfranchisement” and “hit the foundations of democracy”. The Bengal Chief Minister also accused the Election Commission of serious irregularities and administrative errors during the process.
