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Mamata ends five-day dharna, vows to continue fight for justice

Mamata ends five-day dharna, vows to continue fight for justice

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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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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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - file image.

Mamata calls to ‘topple Delhi government’, questions Guv change

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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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee holds dharna in Kolkata over voter list revision, alleging 60 lakh names under scrutiny ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.

Mamata stages sit-in over voter list scrutiny

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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MLAs Zakir Hossain from Jangipur (left), Byron Biswas from Sagardighi.

5 TMC MLAs’ names ‘under adjudication’ in WB's final voter list

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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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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ECI’s final electoral roll for West Bengal shows zero new voter registrations in 99 of 294 Assembly constituencies after the Special Intensive Revision process.

Zero new voters in 99 WB seats after revision, questions raised

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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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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Over 6.25 lakh skip EC hearings in West Bengal voter list revision; 1.4 lakh flagged as possible illegal voters ahead of 2026 polls.

WB: 6.25 lakh skip SIR hearings; EC flags ‘illegal voters'

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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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - file image.

Mamata accuses EC of bulldozing Opposition

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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WB SIR: Senior micro observers from other states to be deployed

WB SIR: Senior micro observers from other states to be deployed

January 25, 2026, 03:39 PM - 3 min read

In this connection, West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, has written to his counterparts in the three neighbouring states, requesting the deputation of 294 officers as senior micro observers.

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Nobel laureate Amartya Sen - file image.

Bengal SIR done in haste: Amartya Sen

January 24, 2026, 04:02 PM - 3 min read

Sen didn't just speak in abstract terms; he shared his own recent ordeal with the Election Commission to illustrate the absurdity of the process.

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