Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee took on the BJP, specifically Union home minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday with an aggression that even by her standards appeared unusual. In Mamata’s own constituency, the victory margin of the nominee in the 2021 polls, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, was 28,719. The number of voters deleted is 44,787. To the 58 lakh voters whose names were deleted, Mamata told them from the Barjora meeting to re-apply. The belligerence of Mamata, Majumdar and other Trinamool leaders is rooted in this fear of SIR deletions wiping out the party’s dominance over Bengal.

Source: The Telegraph December 30, 2025 14:02 UTC