A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation met with Election Commission of India (ECI) officials, including Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in Kolkata on Monday, amid ongoing controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
The meeting comes during the ongoing visit of the poll panel to review election preparedness in the state ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.
TMC MP Moitra, along with a five-member AITC delegation including West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, TMC leader Pratima Mondal, TMC MP Partha Bhowmick, and West Bengal Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu, met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal to raise th
According to the party, the delegation comprises TMC MP Mahua Moitra, West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, TMC leader Pratima Mondal, TMC MP Partha Bhowmick and West Bengal Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu.
Ahead of the Union Budget 2026, West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya accused the Centre of not releasing the state's dues, saying the state government was fulfilling its responsibilities but was not receiving what it was entitled to.
Trinamool Congress leader and State Minister Shashi Panja urged the Election Commission to reveal the list of electors whose names have been deleted from the draft SIR roll citing logical discrepancy issue following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal.
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of stalling the state's development, West Bengal Minister and TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya alleged that the Prime Minister was misleading the nation and such plans would not succeed.
The BJP leader emphasised that the ban could prevent viewers from accessing the film and that the truth shown in the movie would eventually reach the people.
The meeting was attended by Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Manjhi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Samrat Chaudhary and Minister of State for Finance of West Bengal Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chief Secretaries and other senior officials of the
While speaking to ANI, Bhattacharya raised concerns over the commission's neutrality, saying, ""Why did the Women's Commission not go to other places? Are there no atrocities there? If you have to go, go everywhere. You should go to Manipur, Odisha. It is an independent institution; it shoul