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Written 26 poems already on SIR: Mamata while inaugurating Kolkata Book Fair

January 23, 2026

Published - January 23, 2026 07:53 am IST - Kolkata West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurates the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair, in Kolkata, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (January 22, 2026) said that ever since 2026 set in, she has already written 26 poems on the “harassment” being caused by the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a process she alleged the Election Commission was using to decide the outcome of elections in India.

Written 26 poems already on SIR: Mamata while inaugurating Kolkata Book Fair

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“Logistic discrepancies in SIR are being witnessed only in West Bengal.
Every day people have to stand in queues for four to five hours.
They are facing problems for matters like their surnames being spelt as Banerjee as well as Bandopadhyay, Mukherjee as well as Mukhopadhyay.
In one case, officials wondered how five people can have the same parents.
Come on, back then one didn’t follow the Hum Do, Hamare Do (two-child) policy!” Ms.

Kolkata

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Written 26 poems already on SIR: Mamata while inaugurating Kolkata Book Fair

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Written 26 poems already on SIR: Mamata while inaugurating Kolkata Book Fair

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