'If they try to touch Bengal, we will shake the entire country': Mamata Banerjee's warning for BJP amid SIR row

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

As the controversy over Bengal SIR snowballed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that "if they try to touch Bengal, we will shake the entire country".

While addressing a rally against SIR in North 24 Parganas district, the TMC chief said, "Elections were held in Bihar. Bihar opposition leaders were 'bechara'; they couldn't understand BJP's game. We understand their game, and we won't let their game succeed in Bengal. If they try to touch Bengal, we will shake the entire country..."

"BJP is technically selling you cards in the name of CAA card and collecting money. Your undertaking as a Bangladeshi Hindu will put you in more trouble. 35 people have died due to SIR They are using Artificial Intelligence to create duplicate voters. This is BJP's new plan," she said as she intensified her attack against SIR exercise being undertaken by the Election Commission.

Further tearing into the BJP, the West Bengal CM said, "PM Modi got voted in 2024 according to this voter list. If you get the names deleted, the Central Govt will also get deleted. Why is SIR being conducted in a hurry?... Till I am here, I will not allow them to throw you out (of the list)... If Bangladesh is the problem, why are you doing SIR in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh? I am not afraid of the BJP..."

"Trains, planes, borders are taken care of by Central agencies. Passport, customs, and excise are all taken care of by the Central Govt. How come we infiltrated Bangladeshis in West Bengal," Banerjee asked while addressing the uproar over infiltration.

#WATCH | North 24 Parganas: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee holds rally at Bangaon against SIR. pic.twitter.com/4GzmWizytk

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After addressing the rally, Mamata Banerjee, alongside hundreds of party workers and protestors against SIR, took out a padyatra in Bangaon.

Attacking the ECI, the Chief Minister said that the Election Commission is “no longer an impartial body, but has turned into a BJP Commission.” The CM asserted that she had told the BJP “umpteen times” that it cannot “fight and defeat” her politically.

This comes after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories, with the final voter list to be published on February 7, 2026. The first phase was completed in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections in the state.

The second phase of exercise covers Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.