Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of her planned protest on March 6 against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), alleging that the demonstration is aimed at benefiting illegal immigrants.
West Bengal BJP President and MP Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday alleged that the state administration and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are working under the influence of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) to disrupt the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) released the final electoral roll following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal, stating that 5,46,053 voters have been deleted using Form 7 after the draft list was published in December 2025.
On the issue of deployment of central forces in West Bengal, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said that elections cannot be conducted without central forces, citing tensions and incidents of violence during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.
India's latest base year revision of national accounts has led to an upward adjustment in GDP growth estimates for 2025-26, with analysts seeing it as analytically significant given that it captures structural changes in the economy and incorporates new data sources.
The revision of the base year for national accounts to 2022-23 will significantly strengthen policy formulation by providing more accurate and granular economic data, Statistics Secretary Saurabh Garg said.
India's latest base year revision of national accounts has led to an upward adjustment in GDP growth estimates for 2025-26. The government said that the use of annual surveys for household sector estimates and change in method of deflation improved the GDP estimates.
India's real GDP is estimated to grow by 7.6 per cent in the current financial year 2025-26, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) estimates showed Thursday.
Speaking to ANI, Ghosh said that the West Bengal CM opposed the SIR and approached High Court and Supreme Court to put up a "fight" against it. He further stated that Banerjee has agreed that duplicate names in electoral roll would touch 1.20 crore because they were included deliberately.
During the meeting, a majority of the political parties commended the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the peaceful and smooth conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Additionally, most parties also submitted formal requests urging the ECI to
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh backed the Supreme Court's outrage over critical references to the judiciary in NCERT textbooks, and called for an investigation into what he termed as the RSS's "vile and malice-driven work" over the past decade.