West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the women of the state to "lead the fight" against the alleged "illegal voter deletion" through Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. She asked men to provide support from behind.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday met the Booth Level Officer (BLO) and other Election Commission officials to get his Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) transferred from Kerala to West Bengal and enrol as an elector in the state.
The Election Commission of India has revised the timeline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, shifting the date of final publication from the earlier schedule to February 14, 2026.
"I will announce a new party on December 22. I will field candidates against Mamata Banerjee's party. Whoever becomes the CM, they will have to take Humayun Kabir's support for it to happen," Kabir said.
According to Murshidabad Superintendent of Police (SP) Kumar Suny Raj, 30 abandoned socket bombs were first found on Wednesday in a pond near Bariyanagar More under Baligram gram panchayat in the Ranitala police station area.
A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi acknowledged that BLOs are working under 'strain and stress' at the ground level due to high work pressure in the SIR drive.
He said that after the Cabinet Committee's 2018 approval, the Centre had been consistently urging the West Bengal government to allocate land for seven ICPs, including Ghojadanga, Fulbari, Hili and Mahadipur.
"Some people believe that because there are elections in Bengal, this discussion is being held. They want to link the glorification of Vande Mataram with the West Bengal elections. This is unfortunate," he said.
"The only reason she hasn't attended this event is that she's so accustomed to hearing the Namaz that hearing the Gita makes her ears bleed," Tibrewal said.
Addressing the press conference in Kolkata, Banerjee said, "I heard some people from the BJP say that they don't appreciate Netaji. You don't appreciate Netaji, Rabindranath Tagore, Raja Ramohun Roy, then who do you appreciate?"