TMC conducting fact-finding on alleged 'vote theft', SIR issues: Dola Sen

Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Dola Sen has said the party is carrying out a fact-finding exercise on alleged "vote theft" by analysing vote losses and margins affected during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), while also questioning how EVMs reportedly retained over 90 per cent charge and why a recount was not allowed.
She added that the party has already approached the Supreme Court on the matter and will submit the findings of the internal review to the party leadership.
Speaking to the reporters, Sen said, "We are conducting fact-finding on two fronts, first, to investigate 'Vote Chori' (vote theft) by examining how many votes we lost by, and the vote margins cancelled through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR); and second, to understand why the EVMs retained a charge of more than 90% and why a recount of the votes was not permitted."
"We have filed a case in the Supreme Court regarding all these matters, and we will provide all the feedback from this investigation to the party leadership," she further said.
On Thursday, former West bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee appeared before Chief Justice HC Sujoy Pal in connection with a public interest litigation (PIL) related to alleged post-poll violence in the state following the 2026 State Assembly polls results.
The petition was filed by advocate Sirsanya Banerjee, son of Trinamool Congress leader and advocate Kalyan Banerjee. The petitioner alleged incidents of post-poll violence in several areas, including attacks on party offices and the displacement of workers.
Banerjee urged for "immediate protection of people," alleging that "In front of police they are doing hooliganism, burning." She further alleged, "Children are not spared, minorities are not spared, women are not spared. 10 of our workers have been murdered."Following the election results, the TMC's 15-year rule came to an end after the BJP restricted the party to 80 seats.
The BJP formed its first-ever government in Bengal, with Suvendu Adhikari as the Chief Minister, after the party secured a huge mandate of 207 seats. (ANI)