The Trinamool Congress on Friday (November 21, 2025) hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing him of using the "infiltrator rhetoric" to target West Bengal and alleging that the Centre had failed on national security.
The party also demanded that Mr. Shah step down from his post.
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Senior Minister Shashi Panja said Mr. Shah went to Gujarat and spoke about ‘infiltrators’, democracy and national security, but "the reality is a deep sense of insecurity across the country." She said terrorists killing tourists in Kashmir and a blast in Delhi showed that the "security framework is cracking under the Home Minister's watch." "If borders were truly secure, these incidents would not have happened," she said.
Ms. Panja accused Mr. Shah of distorting facts and "diverting attention from failures by pointing fingers at Bengal." "When there are lapses in Delhi, the BJP reads from its old script and blames Bengal. It is a tired, predictable strategy," she said.
