US EditionMamata Banerjee Challenges 'Inhumane' Voter Roll Revision in Court
Mamata Banerjee alleges the electoral roll revision caused fear, harassment, and deaths, highlighting 24.18 lakh deceased and 12.01 lakh untraceable voters in West Bengal.
- On Monday, Mamata Banerjee said she will move to court against the special intensive revision of electoral rolls after speaking in Sagar Island, stating `We are moving court tomorrow against the inhumane treatment and the death of so many people due to the SIR`.
- The Election Commission of India released draft electoral rolls last month deleting around 58.8 lakh voters, while West Bengal reportedly still lists 24.18 lakh deceased voters and untraceable voters, according to sources.
- Banerjee said elderly and sick voters were harassed during the SIR, linking hospitalisations and citing a migrant worker from West Bengal killed in neighbouring Odisha last month.
- On Sunday, Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to `address and rectify the glitches` and said she may approach the Supreme Court, leaving filing details unclear.
- Banerjee's sharp comments have further escalated the standoff with the BJP and the ECI, as the poll body urged her and the Trinamool Congress not to spread rumours while she dared BJP to `kill` her, accusing it of discriminating against Bengali speakers.
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SIR in West Bengal: CM Mamata to move court on Jan 6
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would move court against the EC’s SIR of electoral rolls, alleging that fear, harassment and administrative arbitrariness linked to the exercise had led to deaths and hospitalisations, as she sharpened her confrontation with the poll body ahead of the state assembly polls. Addressing a massive public gathering at Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district, Banerjee alleged th…
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The Economic TimesMamata Banerjee move court on Jan 6 against 'arbitrary' SIR, flags human suffering; BJP hits back
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced plans to challenge the Election Commission's electoral roll revision in court. She alleges fear, harassment, and administrative arbitrariness leading to deaths and hospitalizations. Banerjee claims opaque digital processes, including AI, are being used for arbitrary name deletions.
Bengal SIR: CM Mamata Banerjee to move court tomorrow, says 'people have died due to fear'
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that she will move court against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and over the "inhumane" way it was conducted in the state. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo made the remarks while speaking at a public meeting in Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district. However, the chief minister did not clarify whether she will personally move to the court, or would it be t…
I'm a trained lawyer, will move Supreme Court: Mamata Banerjee on SIR deaths
Addressing a public meeting in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal Chief Minister said she would personally fight the case as a trained lawyer and accused the Election Commission of administrative excesses ahead of the assembly elections.
‘AI weaponised to disenfranchise millions’: Mamata says she’ll move Supreme Court over SIR discrepancies as an ‘ordinary citizen’
Addressing a gathering at Gangasagar, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged everyone to check their names on the SIR draft list, stating that it is a struggle for survival and to protect their rights.
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