The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is planning a major rally in Kolkata to protest the proposed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh confirmed that top party figures, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, will participate.
The rally is expected to take place in the second week of November.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Ghosh warned against any harassment of voters under the SIR process, saying that “not a single voter should be removed from the revised list.” He added that the party will conduct a detailed program to oppose what it calls the BJP’s voter list politics. The schedule of the protest will be announced by the party’s top leadership soon, he said.
This is not the first time TMC has opposed the SIR exercise in the state. Earlier, party leader Rajib Banerjee had issued strong warnings against the process, stating that the party would resist the SIR drive in Bengal and cautioning that “blood will flow” if voters’ names were removed during the revision.
Meanwhile, BJP central leader Sukanta Majumdar criticised the Bengal government for opposing the SIR. He called the drive a routine exercise by the Election Commission and said, “The TMC can go to the Election Commission or knock on the door of the Supreme Court if they have any objections regarding the SIR.”
The Election Commission is conducting the proposed Special Intensive Revision ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. In September, a team led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti visited West Bengal to assess readiness and train district election officers for the exercise.