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March 24, 2026, 05:46 PM - 3 min read
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was dealing with petitions, including one filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, challenging aspects of the revision exercise and the characterisation of certain voters in the “logical discrepancy” list.
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March 20, 2026, 05:50 PM - 6 min read
This time she appears to be facing a very serious challenge from the BJP, which she seems to be finding very tough to battle. That is why she has been consistently complaining against the ECI.
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March 10, 2026, 09:45 PM - 3 min read
The CM said the decision was taken after discussions with TMC’s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as well as party leaders and activists who had gathered at the protest site.
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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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March 7, 2026, 02:41 PM - 3 min read
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Mamata questioned their alleged arrogance.
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March 6, 2026, 04:12 PM - 3 min read
“There is no longer a situation to be ashamed of. Those who are shown as dead in the voter list are present here. Look, they have been declared dead on paper and in pen. Yet they themselves are sitting here and proving that they are alive and well,” she said.
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March 3, 2026, 04:40 PM - 3 min read
Zakir alleged a conspiracy behind the omission of names and accused the Election Commission of acting in favour of the BJP.
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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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March 1, 2026, 01:17 PM - 3 min read
By contrast, Nandigram Assembly constituency — represented by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari — saw 1,167 new voters added. Though 397 names were removed, the total electorate increased from 2,67,608 in the draft roll to 2,68,378 in the final list.
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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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February 15, 2026, 12:16 PM - 2 min read
Officials said the large number of absentees were among those summoned over “logical discrepancies” in their records. North Kolkata reported the highest number of non-appearances, where the verification process was said to be more complex due to the high density of voters.
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January 25, 2026, 08:57 PM - 3 min read
Banerjee is furious over the scale and speed of the exercise, which saw the state's electorate shrink from 7.66 crore to 7.08 crore in the first phase alone— meaning over 58 lakh names were wiped off the draft rolls.
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