Restore previous elected govt in West Bengal, says TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee after SC’s SIR observations

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: ANI

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has questioned the electoral legitimacy of the BJP government in West Bengal and urged the Supreme Court to "restore" the previous dispensation and direct fresh elections within six months.

Mr. Banerjee, the MP of Diamond Harbour, made the remark after the Supreme Court said it has not yet adjudicated the legality of the Election Commission's use of the "logical discrepancy" category to scrutinise voters' details during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Observing that its earlier permission for the exercise in West Bengal was only an interim arrangement, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana said that its decision in the Bihar SIR matter did not amount to a final determination of every issue arising from the SIR.