Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the BJP and the Election Commission had an unholy nexus to disenfranchise millions of legitimate Indian citizens from Bengal selectively through special intensive revision (SIR). “Because I myself stood in the Supreme Court, 32 lakh names have been included. Cast your vote so that nobody dares to call you infiltrators, ever again. Mota Bhai can use the ED and CBI as much as he wants, but he will not win Bengal,” she said. Balu defenceDismissing graft charges against former cabinet colleague and long-term aide Jyoti Priya Mallick as “political vendetta”, Mamata claimed her “Balu” was framed for cleaning up Left-era corruption in the public distribution system.

Source: The Telegraph April 08, 2026 02:31 UTC