West Bengal president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Samik Bhattacharya said the State will witness a ‘new kind of election’ in 2026, after a delegation of saffron party legislators met officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in New Delhi on Thursday (August 7, 2025).
“West Bengal will witness a new kind of election in 2026, with an electorate free of Bangladeshi infiltrators, Rohingya Muslims, dead voters,” Mr. Bhattacharya told press persons after the meeting on Thursday afternoon, referring to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections slated for next year.
Mamata Banerjee ‘reminds’ officials they work for the State not ECI
A delegation of BJP MPs from West Bengal, comprising Mr. Bhattacharya, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Saumitra Khan, and Kartick Chandra Paul, met with ECI officials in New Delhi on Thursday and submitted a letter flagging alleged threats made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to electoral officers in the State over the possible revision of voter lists.
This development unfolds amidst an ongoing campaign by the Bengal BJP for the removal of ‘foreign infiltrators and fake voters’ from the State’s electoral rolls, and against the State government and Trinamool Congress for allegedly curbing election officials from discharging their duties.
