West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a press conference regarding the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, at Banga Bhawan in New Delhi on on February 3, 2026.
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SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will appear in person today (February 4, 2026) before a Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant in a case challenging the legality of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted in the State.
Ms. Banerjee, currently in the national capital, has been vociferous against the SIR and has also filed a petition in her own individual capacity against the exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
West Bengal’s draft electoral roll for the first phase of the SIR was released on December 16, 2025. Names of over 58 lakh electors of West Bengal have been deleted. Multiple discrepancies were flagged in the electoral rolls, including unusually high young deaths, gender bias in deletions and particular communities facing more deletions than others.
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