Overview

• At a Nabanna press conference, Mamata Banerjee warned of a mass uprising if valid voters are dropped during the Special Intensive Revision of rolls.
• She alleged the exercise is being used as an NRC-type operation to cut genuine voters and questioned the feasibility of completing it in 15 days during festivals and flood recovery.
• Banerjee accused Election Commission officials of intimidating state officers and singled out West Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal for alleged misconduct.
• She cited a reported claim by Union minister Shantanu Thakur about deleting 1.5 crore voters and asked the poll body to clarify its impartiality.
• BJP leaders countered by accusing Banerjee of trying to incite communal unrest and restated a "detect and deport" stance, while the Election Commission said the revision is a routine cleanup and the chief election commissioner held review meetings.