West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls for the second consecutive day on Saturday (March 7, 2026), after she spent the night at the sit-in site in Kolkata.
Ms. Banerjee had begun the demonstration at Metro Channel in central Kolkata on Friday (March 6), accusing the Election Commission of conspiring with the BJP to “disenfranchise Bengal voters” ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
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The Chief Minister stayed overnight at the protest site, surrounded by senior Trinamool Congress leaders, legislators and party workers, turning the busy Esplanade stretch into a makeshift political camp.
Addressing supporters on Friday (March 6) afternoon, Ms. Banerjee alleged that large numbers of genuine voters were being removed from the electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
