Briefing media persons after the meeting, Banerjee said the delegation raised eight to ten issues but did not receive any clear answers during the discussion, which lasted two and a half hours.
A 10-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by its General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday met the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the issue of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise currently underway in the state.
Briefing media persons after the meeting, Banerjee said the delegation raised eight to ten issues but did not receive any clear answers during the discussion, which lasted two and a half hours.
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“We discussed eight to ten issues. The meeting began at 12:00 pm and continued for two and a half hours. Last time, on November 28, a 10-member delegation from our party had come here as well,” he said.
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Banerjee alleged that during the November 28 meeting, the ECI did not provide any concrete answers and instead selectively leaked information to certain journalists.
“That same night, the Election Commission selectively leaked information to some journalists, claiming that they had answered every question. Immediately afterwards, I tweeted that the Trinamool Congress has digital evidence to show that the Election Commission did not provide a single answer to any of our questions,” he said.
He added that this time too, barring two or three points, the delegation did not receive any clarity.
“When I ask them about the SIR, they shift the discussion to citizenship. There was no concrete answer to anything,” Banerjee said.
The TMC delegation reportedly raised several issues, including the alleged deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs), discrepancies in the logical error list, the role of officials managing the ECI app, and the alleged deletion of genuine voters’ names from the draft electoral rolls.
Over 58.2 lakh names were deleted from the draft electoral rolls published on December 16, following the completion of the enumeration phase of the SIR exercise.
The claims and objections period is currently underway from December 16 to January 15, 2026. The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on February 14, 2026.
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