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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar - file image.

Protests greet CEC Gyanesh Kumar during Belur Math visit

March 10, 2026, 10:46 AM - 3 min read

Before arriving at Belur Math, protesters gathered under the skywalk in Dakshineswar and demonstrated against him. They waved black flags and raised “go-back” slogans as his convoy passed.

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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer and senior officials of the Commission, during a meeting with recognised National and State political parties of the state, in Kolkata. (@ECISVEEP/X via PTI Photo)

ECI hears parties in Bengal as poll battle intensifies

March 9, 2026, 04:22 PM - 3 min read

At EC’s Bengal poll consultations, TMC alleged voter harassment in SIR, while BJP demanded fewer phases for the Assembly elections. The Commission assured free and fair polls.

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Mamata rejects ‘disrespect’ claim over President’s visit

Mamata rejects ‘disrespect’ claim over President’s visit

March 8, 2026, 11:00 PM - 4 min read

Speaking from the protest stage, Mamata said the arrangements for the President’s visit were made by event organisers and not the state government.

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BJP national president Nitin Nabin addresses a rally while flagging off the ‘Poriborton Yatra’ in Cooch Behar on Sunday, a day after publication of West Bengal’s revised electoral rolls.

Over 50 lakh 'infiltrators' removed from WB rolls: Nitin Nabin

March 1, 2026, 06:45 PM - 4 min read

BJP chief Nitin Nabin claimed over 50 lakh “infiltrators” were removed from Bengal’s voter list after the Special Intensive Revision, launching a sharp attack on Mamata Banerjee as the Election Commission reported 63.66 lakh deletions ahead of the Assembly polls.

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Bengal SIR: 66 lakh struck off, 60 lakh under scrutiny

February 28, 2026, 04:29 PM - 3 min read

Nearly 66 lakh names face deletion from Bengal’s rolls after SIR, while 60 lakh voters remain under adjudication ahead of the April Assembly polls.

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WB SIR nears completion, final voter list to be out on Feb 14

WB SIR nears completion, final voter list to be out on Feb 14

February 4, 2026, 01:52 PM - 2 min read

Commission sources revealed that necessary documents have so far been uploaded in approximately 95 lakh cases, while verification has been completed for about 55 lakh applicants. Notices have also been issued to all concerned voters, bringing the second phase of the SIR close to completion.

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Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari - file image.

Suvendu accuses Mamata of orchestrating voter list ‘harassment’

February 2, 2026, 08:10 PM - 3 min read

After leading a protest march to the Raj Bhavan over the SIR issue, Adhikari alleged that large-scale, deliberate misspelling of voters’ names and surnames had occurred across several districts of the state.

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BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra speaking to reporters at the party headquarters in Delhi.

BJP goes all guns blazing against TMC, AAP and Congress

January 17, 2026, 06:58 PM - 3 min read

The BJP held press conferences across 10 states, alleging TMC-led violence, intimidation of poll officials and disruption of electoral processes in West Bengal during the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.

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Swami Raghavananda Puri, who listed Sri Ramakrishna Dev and Sarada Devi as his parents on his voter registration.

Bengal SIR: Monk lists Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi as parents

January 1, 2026, 09:35 PM - 5 min read

A Siliguri monk was summoned by the Election Commission after listing spiritual leaders Sri Ramakrishna Dev and Sarada Devi as his parents on his voter registration. While the monk submitted all identity documents, the episode has sparked debate over faith, bureaucracy, and political overtones in Bengal.

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Political observers say the Matuas – a Dalit Hindu community that migrated from Bangladesh over decades due to religious persecution – hold sway in as many as 80 of the 294 assembly seats in the state

PM to address first rally in Bengal since draft SIR roll release

December 20, 2025, 09:36 AM - 3 min read

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Saturday to inaugurate national highway projects and address a public rally

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'You’ve dug your grave in Bengal by conducting SIR': Mamata to BJP

'You’ve dug your grave in WB by conducting SIR': Mamata to BJP

December 3, 2025, 03:51 PM - 4 min read

Speaking at a public rally in minority-dominated Gazole, Malda, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo claimed that the BJP had attempted to “capture Bengal before the elections.”

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Bengal CEO pulls up booths with zero returned forms

Bengal CEO pulls up booths with zero returned forms

December 2, 2025, 12:41 PM - 3 min read

The Commission has instructed that booths with uncollected forms between zero and twenty must be given special attention. The discovery of 2,208 booths with no returned forms prompted the immediate issuance of the new directive.

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