“People fed up”: Amit Shah criticizes Mamata Banerjee on SIR in his “sweep” claim for north Bengal

In the approaching assembly elections in the state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win every assembly seat in north Bengal. Shah claimed that Mamata Banerjee government officials in the state were not assisting the Election Commission (EC) in carrying out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise while speaking at a party workers’ gathering in Siliguri, West Bengal.

“In the SIR, Mamata Banerjee’s officers are not cooperating with the Election Commission. But the Bharatiya Janata Party is supporting the SIR, and we will ensure that the voter list is purified here. We will give our full cooperation to the Election Commission,” Shah was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.

Predicting an electoral storm, Shah said the BJP would “sweep all the seats in north Bengal” in the forthcoming assembly elections, claiming that people were fed up with the “syndicate raj and corruption” of the TMC.

“In the 2026 elections, we have to completely uproot the Trinamool Congress government. They have completely ruined Bengal. I am telling you this today that the year 2026 is going to be a year of change for Bengal, a year of transformation,” Amit Shah added. “I can say without hesitation that there is no government in this country more corrupt than Mamata Banerjee’s government in Bengal. Mamata Didi says there is no corruption. Mamata Didi, you have institutionalised corruption. You are blinded by your love for your nephew; you can’t see the corruption,” the senior BJP leader said. The votes are anticipated to be completed by May of this year, however the actual dates for the West Bengal assembly election have not yet been disclosed.