In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Election Commission has strongly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of making inflammatory statements to undermine the Special Intensive Revision(SIR) process in the state. In its affidavit, the ECI alleged that Banerjee held press conferences to spread fear and circulated misleading and incorrect information regarding the SIR. The Commission said that such actions were aimed at damaging the credibility of the voter list revision exercise.
