TMC LAUNCHES VIGILANCE DRIVE OVER BENGAL SIR

The party to maintain constant ‘shadow-like’ vigilance over every booth level officer during month-long revision process in Bengal.

- SUPROTIM MUKHERJEE

Participants attend SIR training for BLOS organised by District Election Officer in Kolkata on Saturday. ANI

(ANI)

Wary of the BJP’s warnings that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bengal’s electoral rolls could lead to mass deletions of its support base and trigger its electoral defeat, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has unveiled an unprecedented and full-scale vigilance strategy to oversee the SIR vowing that “not a single genuine voter will be struck off” as the Election Commission embarks on its controversial month-long revision drive.

In public, the TMC has chosen to directly target the Election Commission and the BJP’s top leadership, aiming to turn voters’ confusion and anxiety into collective outrage. Party leaders have already gone into overdrive, blaming the poll panel and the BJP for the alleged suicides of at least three people in the past week. Such accusations underline the party’s resolve to mobilise public support.

In addition to the public posturing, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has announced a slew of proactive measures to maintain close vigil over the Election Commission and its foot soldiers—the Booth-Level Officers (BLOs).

On Friday, at a marathon virtual meeting attended by about 18,000 TMC leaders and workers, Banerjee declared the SIR revision an “acid test” for his party’s resolve to protect the Constitutional rights of Bengal’s citizens.

He accused the BJP of seeking to “divide Bengal and disenfranchise minorities, Matuas, and poor voters,” warning that the voter list revision, announced on October 27, is being used to manipulate the rolls ahead of the crucial 2026 Assembly elections.