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.
Names of the electors in West Bengal declared eligible by the judiciary will be added to the electoral roll, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, said on Saturday.
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.
According to the official press release, the revision was conducted with January 1 as the qualifying date, and a total of 1,87,30,914 voters were registered in the state through the process.
The Puducherry Chief Electoral Officer has officially published the final Electoral Roll for the Union Territory after a comprehensive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, which took place from October 27, 2025, to February 14, 2026.
Responding to petitions filed by the Chief Minister alleging irregularities in the SIR exercise before the Supreme Court, Pradhan said the people of West Bengal will deliver a "befitting reply" to Mamata Banerjee in the forthcoming 2026 Assembly elections.
Chief Minister Banerjee flagged another issue in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, alleging that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was "not allowing State offices to participate in the exercise". She claimed that instead, the Commission had appointed "micro-observers sitt
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged a "massive conspiracy" to selectively delete voter names, claiming that opposition votes were being targeted under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Wednesday said that issues such as the "falling value of the Rupee" against the US Dollar and the "worsening air pollution" in the national capital would be raised by the party during the Budget session of Parliament.
The SIR exercise has already been successfully completed in Bihar and is currently underway in 12 states and union territories. The Bihar experience proved particularly encouraging, with Kumar noting that "not a single appeal was filed against the final electoral roll, establishing its sa