BJP calls Mamata’s SC appearance ‘flop drama’, alleges political speech in court

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday took a sharp swipe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for personally arguing before the Supreme Court against the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, terming her appearance a “flop drama” and alleging that she delivered a political speech inside the courtroom.

Banerjee, while addressing the apex court, accused the Election Commission of unfairly targeting West Bengal and “bulldozing” the rights of its citizens through the revision exercise. She urged the court to “save democracy” and ensure that the process was conducted fairly, claiming that even living people had been wrongly declared dead in the electoral rolls.

Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, Union Minister and state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar said Banerjee’s submission was aimed more at political messaging than legal argument. “After the court allowed her to speak for five minutes on her request, she delivered a completely political speech. It was all drama,” he alleged.

Majumdar further claimed that Banerjee’s actions were meant to grab public attention. “Her dramas are meant to attract cameras. Today, even the people of Delhi got to see that. But the Mamata Banerjee show completely flopped,” he said.

The BJP leader also criticised Banerjee for referring to the Election Commission as a “WhatsApp commission” during the hearing, questioning the appropriateness of such remarks in the Supreme Court. He added that the judges indicated they would prefer to hear Banerjee’s advocate, whom they described as effective. “In a very sober manner, the court asked her to stop and allowed her lawyer to argue. This is my assessment,” Majumdar said.

Echoing similar sentiments, BJP’s West Bengal unit president Samik Bhattacharya alleged that Banerjee had come to Delhi to stage a “drama” over the SIR exercise as she sensed her party’s imminent defeat in the upcoming Assembly elections.

“She is raising such a hue and cry because she knows her days in power are numbered. The TMC was first accepted, then tested, and is now being rejected. The people of West Bengal have decided not to let her return to power,” Bhattacharya told reporters.

The controversy adds a political edge to the ongoing legal challenge over the revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal, with both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP trading sharp accusations over the issue.