New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday escalated his attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the exercise has rattled the ruling Trinamool Congress because it threatens to expose "fake voters" and other irregularities ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
In a post on X, the BJP leader said he had written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, countering Banerjee's criticism of the SIR exercise and her appeal to halt it. "I have sent a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner. dismantling Mamata Banerjee's desperate lies against the SIR exercise and her latest plea for halting SIR...