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Last Updated:February 17, 2026, 18:11 IST
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that there were numerous complaints against the SIR in Bihar, and asked why the documents accepted in Bihar are not being allowed in Bengal
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee once again took up her grievances against the SIR of electoral rolls in the state. (Image: PTI/File)
From Indian mythology to royal dynasties and then modern history, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee picked tyrant kings and dictators to describe the Election Commission of India.
Calling the Election Commission (EC) “torture commission", Mamata Banerjee once again took up her grievances against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
“This is a so-called torture commission. They are behaving like Hitler," Banerjee alleged, as she made her first reference to the German dictator.
She alleged that there were numerous complaints against the SIR in Bihar and Haryana, and asked why the documents accepted in Bihar are not being allowed in Bengal.
Banerjee then went on to make her Tughlaq reference and alleged that the EC is “working for the BJP". “Why are they targeting Bengal? Tughlaqi commission is working for the BJP. The IT cell madam there is BJP. Have you seen which names have been accepted, which have not been accepted?" she asked.
She claimed that in Bihar, domicile certificates issued by the state authorities were accepted but that practice is not being followed in Bengal.
“A culture of threats is prevalent. Why have you suspended the EROs? Even murderers are given an opportunity to defend themselves in court. You have suspended them without giving them any opportunity to present their case," she alleged.
The chief minister accused the poll body of “destroying federal structure" and said it has “snatched women’s rights in the name of logical discrepancy".
She then moved to her final analogy, comparing the EC and the central government to “Ravana", as the poll body is “deleting names like Sita haran".
“People who have committed suicide have named the EC," she alleged. “This is like Ravana’s Sita haran, they are deleting names…"
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First Published:
February 17, 2026, 18:03 IST
News politics 'Hitler, Tughlaq, Ravana': How Mamata Banerjee Described Election Commission Over SIR 'Torture'
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