The Election Commission of India (ECI) has admitted its mistake by extending the deadline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by seven days, the Trinamool Congress leadership said on Sunday (November 30, 2025), adding that the ECI should apologise to the people of West Bengal for the deaths which have allegedly occurred during the ‘hurriedly carried out’ revision.
The ECI on Sunday (November 30, 2025) announced the extension of the schedule of the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in nine States and three Union Territories by one week.
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Senior West Bengal Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and Barrackpore MP Partha Bhowmick held a press conference and said that Trinamool Congress was correct when it had pointed out that SIR was a hurriedly-held exercise.
“From the Trinamool Congress, we have been repeatedly saying that the time given by the EC for SIR is not sufficient. Earlier it took two years, a process which they [EC] were trying to complete in two months. By extending the dates of SIR, they [ECI] have admitted their fault and whatever the Trinamool Congress was saying has proved to be correct,” Ms. Bhattacharya said.
