Mamata Banerjee Accuses Election Fee Of Planning SIR To Impose NRC In West Bengal | India Information

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, reiterated her allegation that the BJP-led Union authorities desires to impose the Nationwide Register of Residents (NRC) in West Bengal by Election Fee of India’s Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train. “A plan to slap NRC is being hatched within the title of conducting SIR. Make sure that your title is on the voter’s listing. Each particular person will need to have his title on the voter’s listing. If anybody’s title is excluded, then carry it to the discover of the involved authorities. We’ll stand by these folks. We is not going to tolerate if persons are despatched to Bangladesh after deleting their names from voters’ listing. Indian residents should not be branded as Bangladeshis,” Banerjee mentioned.

Talking to media individuals after visiting flood-affected areas in Ghatal of West Midnapore district, the Chief Minister additionally added that it was the Election Fee of India that deliberate the thought of the EPIC card.

“Who got here up with Aadhaar playing cards? Crores of rupees had been spent to make these playing cards. Why will not these playing cards, together with ration playing cards, be thought of proof of citizenship? It’s a deliberate recreation by the BJP authorities on the Centre with the assistance of the ECI. We don’t tolerate this,” CM Banerjee mentioned.

Talking on the event, the Chief Minister as soon as once more criticised the Damodar Valley Company (DVC) for releasing its water to West Bengal and vowed to erect a dam and channel the water again to Jharkhand after coming to energy publish the 2026 state Meeting polls.

“I come to Ghatal each time. This place witnesses floods all over the place. This time, the DVC has damaged all data by releasing water. They don’t dredge there. They haven’t dredged for 20 years. When it rains, water is launched into Bengal. After the 2026 state Meeting polls, we’ll plan learn how to cease the discharge of water. It would price cash. However we will even construct a dam after which launch it some place else. We’re fed up with taking this ache. This time we will even make a recreation plan,” CM Banerjee mentioned.

The Chief Minister additionally hit out on the Union authorities for its alleged step-motherly perspective in the direction of Bengal. “Earlier, the Union authorities used to provide cash to forestall the erosion of the Ganges. Now we now have to do all the pieces by ourselves. I’ve been telling the Union authorities in regards to the Ghatal Grasp Plan for a very long time. They haven’t accomplished something. It was speculated to be accomplished by them. However we now have already made a plan price Rs 1,500 crore. The work has began. Extra work will likely be accomplished after the monsoon season. A committee has been fashioned,” she mentioned.

She once more criticised the BJP for its stance on the Bengali language and Bengali migrant employees. “Now they (BJP) are saying that Bengali is just not a language. As an alternative, they’re demanding that I (Chief Minister) be arrested underneath the Nationwide Safety Act for elevating these questions. I’m talking in Bengali once more. How dare they are saying that there isn’t a language known as Bengali,” she mentioned.

Earlier on Tuesday, CM Banerjee advised that West Bengal has registered a 12 per cent year-on-year progress in gross GST collections for July 2025. In a social media publish, CM Banerjee mentioned the state collected Rs 5,895 crore in GST income final month, up from Rs 5,257 crore in July 2024.

“Glad to share that West Bengal has reported a strong 12 per cent year-on-year progress in gross GST collections for July 2025, recording a set of Rs 5,895 crore, in comparison with Rs 5,257 crore in the identical month final 12 months, in accordance with provisional figures simply launched by the Union authorities,” she mentioned.

“Cumulative progress price in our state’s GST income until July is 7.71 per cent. This marks a gentle enchancment in enterprise and consumption in West Bengal, which is an indication of excellent financial well being,” CM Banerjee added.