I’ll win from Bhabanipur even when just one voter is left, says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (March 2, 2026) got here down closely on the Election Commission of India (EC) for deleting the names of voters from the electoral rolls in several components of the State, together with her constituency, Bhabanipur. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief mentioned that she would contest and win from the Bhabanipur Assembly seat even when one voter was left within the electoral roll.

“I know the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaders who have ensured that 10,000 to 30,000 voters are deleted from constituencies where the Trinamool Congress has won. I gave you the example of my constituency, Bhawanipore. But let me tell you, I will win from Bhawanipore even if there is only one voter left on the voters’ list,” the Chief Minister mentioned, addressing a gathering at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium.

There had been 2.6 lakh voters in Bhabanipur through the first stage of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) within the State, Ms. Banerjee mentioned, and the EC had eliminated 44,000 voters. “This time, you deleted 2,000 voters and put 14,000 [voters] under the logical discrepancy [category]. Why are these voters missing?” she requested.

The remarks by the TMC chairperson seem to verify her candidature from Bhabanipur within the upcoming Assembly election. Ms. Banerjee had contested the 2021 Assembly election from Nandigram and had misplaced to the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari by a slim margin. Later, she contested and gained from Bhabanipur.

Over the previous few months, Mr. Adhikari has claimed that the Chief Minister is on a sticky floor in Bhabanipur, based mostly on the voting development within the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

The EC on February 28 revealed the draft electoral roll for West Bengal with 7.04 lakh electors, an 8.09% drop from 7.66 crore, which was the variety of electors within the State earlier than the SIR was began in October 2025.

The 7.04 lakh electors embody about 60 lakh electors underneath adjudication by the judicial officers appointed in accordance with a current Supreme Court order.

Expressing displeasure over the SIR, the Chief Minister mentioned that about 1.2 crore folks of West Bengal had been on the verge of shedding their voting rights. Accusing the EC of making an attempt to control the election, she mentioned that the folks would give a befitting response to it.

“From the Supreme Court to the EC, I have raised my voice against this. We have peacefully cooperated with them. We have been patient. But today, I must say that the people of Bengal are ready to give a befitting response to those who have deliberately deleted genuine voters,” Ms. Banerjee mentioned.

She additionally sought help from the folks on the dharna (protest) deliberate by her in opposition to the deletion of voters by the EC. The Chief Minister has mentioned she would sit in a dharna in opposition to the EC from March 6.

Ms. Banerjee additionally got here down closely on the BJP’s ongoing ‘Parivartan Yatras’, and mentioned they’d convey in regards to the social gathering’s destruction. “After deleting the names of so many voters, they (the BJP) are taking out ‘rath (chariot) yatras’ in five-star vehicles. This rath yatra will politically be their last journey. It will be their vinaash (destruction) yatras,” Ms. Banerjee mentioned.