Mamata Banerjee Moves Supreme Court Over SIR Allegations in West Bengal

• One Mamata Banerjee challenges SIR in Supreme Court.
• Two Allegation of fifty eight lakh voters deleted.
• Three Election Commission issued notice by court.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken the battle over voter list revision directly to the Supreme Court of India accusing the Election Commission of India of unfairly deleting a massive number of voters from the rolls.

Appearing in person before the Chief Justice led bench Mamata Banerjee sought time to explain what she described as a serious denial of justice. The court allowed her to present her arguments and later issued notices to the Election Commission on her petition.

The Chief Minister alleged that nearly fifty eight lakh voters were removed from electoral lists in the name of Special Intensive Revision. She told the court that despite writing multiple letters to the Election Commission there was no response forcing her to seek judicial intervention.

During the hearing Mamata Banerjee made an emotional appeal saying justice was crying behind closed doors. The bench acknowledged the concerns raised and assured that every issue has a solution while agreeing to examine the matter closely.

The court proceedings come days after Mamata Banerjee walked out of a meeting with senior election officials in Delhi protesting their handling of voter list changes. She had brought affected voters to the meeting and later warned that she would bring lakhs of people to Delhi if the issue was not addressed.

With West Bengal assembly elections approaching the controversy over SIR has intensified political tensions. Mamata Banerjee also questioned why similar voter list revisions were not conducted in some other states alleging selective action by the Election Commission.