India, Aug. 29 -- A spat broke out between leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at an all-party meeting convened by West Bengal's chief electoral officer (CEO) on Friday, after the topic shifted to the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls.

The Bengal CEO had convened the meeting to discuss the rationalisation of polling booths, a follow-up to similar meetings held earlier at the district level.

Aroop Biswas, the state minister who represented the TMC in the meeting, said the SIR was not on the agenda but was brought up by some people.

"SIR will not be implemented in West Bengal. The SIR was not on today's agenda. The meeting was called primarily to discuss the rationalisation of poll...