Will back any motion by Opposition to impeach Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (February 3, 2026) indicated that her party will be amenable to an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar if a united Opposition moves such a motion.

The Chief Minister, however, noted that the Opposition does not have the numbers necessary to force the motion through in Parliament. “But it will be good to have it on record,” she said. Ms. Banerjee, along with party national general secretary and Lok Sabha party leader Abhishek Banerjee, addressed a press conference in Delhi.

The two leaders were surrounded by many “SIR-affected” families from West Bengal. These families, who accompanied Ms. Banerjee to Delhi, include those have either their names deleted from the electoral roll after being declared dead by the Election Commission and relatives of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) who died during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. A Trinamool delegation led by Ms. Banerjee met the Election Commission on Monday (February 2, 2026).

‘Have evidence of SIR manipulation bid’

The CEC can be removed from office through the process of impeachment, requiring a two-thirds majority of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to be present and vote for the same.

Ms. Banerjee said that the BJP defended SIR claiming that it would remove “ghuspetiya” or infiltrators from the electoral rolls, but so far, it had not been able to produce any evidence to back the claim. She further said that the exercise seemed to have targeted minorities. In West Bengal, 33% of the population are minorities. She asked, “Will you delete all of them?” She also pinpointed that CEC Kumar was the only one who spoke during Monday’s meeting, accusing him for “insulting” the Trinamool Congress and the voters who had come to meet him.

Party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee questioned the EC’s claim that the Trinamool delegation misbehaved with the panel. “A three-term CM has written six letters to the CEC and he has not even bothered to respond. Who is rude here? Forget response, they haven’t even acknowledged they have received the letter,” he said. Mr. Banerjee further said that he had enough evidence to prove the EC had attempted to manipulate the SIR and that he he would present them before the court.