The political turmoil over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in West Bengal is continuously intensifying. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee has openly challenged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Sukant Majumdar in a public program.
Banerjee asked both the leaders to dare to come to Dankuni and added that if they could muster the courage to come to the public without CISF security, she would be present there herself. He sarcastically said, “Come, bring your people, we will also stay there without the police, then we will see whether Amit Shah is able to take them back safely or not.”
Let us tell you that after his challenge, the political atmosphere of Bengal has become more heated. Banerjee alleged that BJP leaders talk about connecting with the public, but depend more on their own security rather than on public trust.
Reacting to this, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari has launched a scathing attack on TMC. He said, “TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee has openly threatened to kill BJP leaders. Democracy is in the greatest danger under Mamata Banerjee’s government.”
Here, this entire controversy has arisen at a time when the Election Commission is running a special intensive revision campaign in 12 states across the country, including West Bengal. As per available information, block level officers are collecting information from door to door to update and verify the voter lists. The process will run from November 4 to December 4, 2025, and the final voter list will be released in February 2026.
It is noteworthy that TMC is opposing this campaign. The party alleges that the BJP is trying to influence the election environment by rigging the voter lists. On this issue, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will take out a protest march in Kolkata on November 4, in which party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will also participate. TMC claims that this exercise is an attempt to weaken the democratic system, which should be answered by facing questions from the public.
This entire incident has once again brought the politics of Bengal to a boil and the political heat is likely to increase further in the coming days.