Overview
- Mamata Banerjee said on Monday she will file a case on Tuesday over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal and may approach the Supreme Court, alleging fear, harassment and even deaths linked to the process.
- In a four‑page January 3 letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, she alleged shifting instructions via WhatsApp, unstable IT systems, backend deletions without ERO approval, and inconsistent document acceptance, warning of mass disenfranchisement.
- TMC leaders have cited about 1.36 crore logical discrepancies and roughly 58.2 lakh provisional deletions in draft rolls, which they say risk wrongful removals if handled arbitrarily.
- On Monday, BJP Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote to the CEC rebutting Banerjee’s claims, calling her halt demand an admission of defeat, defending training and digital methods, and urging the Commission to continue the SIR.
- The Election Commission has defended the revision as lawful and necessary, cautioned parties against intimidating staff, and kept the timetable for publishing final electoral rolls in mid‑February.