Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC Gyanesh Kumar urging him to halt SIR in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (November 20, 2025) wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state is being run in an “unplanned and coercive” manner, putting citizens and officials at risk.

She also claimed that the SIR exercise has reached an "alarming" and "dangerous" stage.

Ms. Banerjee said she had “time and again” flagged her concerns over the ongoing SIR process, and told the CEC that she is now “compelled to write” because the situation has “deeply deteriorated”.

The Chief Minister alleged that the voters' list revision exercise is being “forced upon” people "without basic preparedness or adequate planning".