West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced her intention to personally appeal to the Supreme Court of India against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. She expressed concerns about the unplanned nature of the exercise and its impact on the people. Banerjee, who has a law degree, emphasized that she would present her case not as a lawyer but as a common citizen.
She criticized the deletion of over 58 lakh names from the draft voters’ list during the SIR without allowing affected individuals to rectify the situation. Banerjee accused the Chief Election Commissioner of India of managing the Election Commission through WhatsApp messages and highlighted what she described as harassment of common people in the name of the SIR.
Banerjee also condemned the alleged mistreatment of Bengali-speaking individuals in states governed by the BJP. She questioned whether speaking Bengali could be considered a crime in states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi. Banerjee asserted the right to speak Bengali and vowed that the people of Bengal would not succumb to such pressures.
