Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of trying to block the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise to prevent the identification of infiltrators.
Addressing the ‘Nari Sankalp Yatra’ organised by the BJP’s women’s wing at Science City auditorium in Kolkata on February 22, 2026, Gupta alleged that Banerjee had approached the Supreme Court to stall the process.
“She wants to perpetuate this and hence is trying to stall the SIR exercise, which aims at identifying and deporting infiltrators. Imagine a chief minister going to the apex court to argue against an exercise meant to ensure free and fair polls,"Gupta said.
She further claimed that people in West Bengal had decided to remove the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power.
Allegations of Appeasement and Infiltration
The Delhi Chief Minister alleged that the TMC government’s “hands-off" and appeasement policies had allowed thousands of infiltrators to enter the State in recent years. According to her, this had affected basic facilities and rights of genuine citizens.
She claimed that access to water, electricity, ration, education, livelihood and even voting rights had come under strain due to the alleged influx.
Gupta also alleged that appeasement politics had reached an “alarming level" under the current regime.
Raising concerns over women’s security, Gupta said women were not safe in the State despite having a woman Chief Minister. She referred to the rape-murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Hospital and alleged that the government had failed to respond effectively.
She also mentioned the alleged rape of a woman medic in Durgapur and another law student on a Kolkata college campus, claiming that criminals had become emboldened.
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