West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly attacked the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, declaring that despite fears, “no one will go to Bangladesh.” She accused the central government of engineering the SIR process “cleverly” just ahead of elections under the guidance of Amit Shah and alleged that the exercise aims to destabilize citizens and manipulate voter lists.
In her speech, she also accused the Centre of blocking funds and centralising tax revenue under the new GST framework, thereby undermining state finances and welfare schemes. She warned that despite the loss of central funding, her government would carry on its welfare programmes on its own.
Furthermore, Mamata criticized what she described as “bulldozer drives and misinformation campaigns” — accusing central authorities of using heavy-handed tactics and spreading fear through allegedly AI-generated content to push people into submission.
Underlying her remarks is deep concern over the timing and rushed implementation of SIR, which she claimed has already caused panic and hardship among voters especially in border districts of Bengal, many of which share cultural and familial ties with Bangladesh. The “no one will go to Bangladesh” pledge aimed to reassure residents and counter narratives of forced deportations or mass disenfranchisement.
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Mamata Banerjee vows “no one will go to Bangladesh” as she blasts SIR roll-out and accuses Centre of blocking funds