Political Firestorm Erupts: Suvendu Adhikari Accuses Mamata Banerjee of Poll Official Intimidation

A heated political debate has ignited in West Bengal as the Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, has squarely accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of orchestrating a clandestine strategy to intimidate election officials. Adhikari, a prominent figure from the BJP, claims that a state-level 'SIR (Special Institutional Review) exercise' is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to harass and coerce government officials, primarily those expected to be deployed for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, into favoring the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).

In a scathing letter addressed to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Adhikari asserted that this 'SIR exercise' is a .