SIR in Bengal, Nov. 28 -- A 10-member delegation of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Friday, sharply challenging the rationale, neutrality and execution of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. The party alleged that the process has turned "punitive", disproportionately targets Bengalis, and has already resulted in deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs), prompting the delegation to accuse the Election Commission of India (ECI) of having "blood on their hands".

TMC MP Derek O'Brien said after the meeting, "10 MPs from the All India Trinamool Congress met with the Chief Election Commissioner Mr Kumar and his team. We first handed...