KOLKATA: The political temperature in West Bengal soared as BJP leaders tore into Mamata Banerjee’s stance on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, claiming she’s itching to conduct elections with a voter registry bloated by errors and fakes.
MP and state BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari minced no words: ‘TMC wants to kill SIR outright. Their rush is to exploit a faulty voter list for elections.’ This comes amid Mamata’s vocal protests against the revision drive.
Adhikari recounted chilling stats—56 BJP deaths and 27 gang rapes of women since the 2021 polls—while CBI probes face sabotage by state police. A recent councillor-led killing near Kolkata has fueled public fury, spotlighting governance failures.
Dilip Ghosh upped the ante, dismissing Mamata’s SC petition as farce. ‘If she trusts her case, contest it properly. No need for theatrics,’ he quipped to IANS. Ghosh highlighted the pattern: repeated judicial defeats for a government that dodges accountability, pushing people to courts for basic justice.
He leveled explosive charges of state-sponsored persecution: Hindus migrating en masse from Murshidabad to escape targeting; rural women brutalized; opposition rallies thwarted by partisan cops flaunting TMC symbols. ‘It’s a reign of terror by TMC-police alliance,’ he declared.
As Bengal braces for electoral battles, BJP’s offensive frames SIR as a litmus test for clean democracy. Rejecting Mamata’s narrative, they call for urgent reforms to purge voter rolls and restore rule of law, signaling a protracted showdown.