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West Bengal Elections 2026: There is a lot of political activity in the state regarding the assembly elections to be held in West Bengal. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of the country has strongly reprimanded the Mamata Banerjee government of Bengal over the incident of hostage taking of officers who had gone to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Malda district of the state. The Supreme Court said that this incident is not only an attempt to intimidate the judicial officers, but also challenges the rights of this court.
After the rebuke of the Supreme Court, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given her reaction on this on Thursday (April 2, 2026). He said that he was not aware that seven judicial officers were held hostage overnight in Malda district. He complained that before the state elections this month, the Election Commission had implemented top-level changes in the administration, due to which he now felt that the administrative machinery of the state was not under his control.
Mamata Banerjee’s reaction on Supreme Court’s rebuke
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave her reaction while addressing the election rally organized at Sagardighi in Murshidabad district on Thursday (April 2, 2026). Banerjee said, ‘I don’t know who is responsible for this. No one informed me about this. Administration is not in my hands. The Election Commission is controlling the law and order in the state and it listens to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He said, ‘Everything has been changed. My powers have been given to the Election Commission. This is like super President’s rule.
Sagardighi, West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says, “…Administration is not in my hand. Election commission is controlling law and order, they listen to home minister amit shah, from DG to SP everyone has been changed. My powers have been transferred to ECI it is a… pic.twitter.com/gIKSWbdb2j
— IANS (@ians_india) April 2, 2026
Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Election Commission has completely failed to handle law and order in the state and all her powers have been taken away. He said that I got this information (about the officers taken hostage) from a journalist at midnight. Expressing dissatisfaction with the SIR exercise, she also said that she understands why people are angry.
What did the Supreme Court say on the incident in Malda?
Chief Justice (CJI) of the country’s Supreme Court Surya Kant said that this incident is a deliberate and provocative attempt to challenge the authority of the Supreme Court and it should be investigated by a central agency like CBI or NIA.
He said, ‘This incident is not only an attempt to intimidate the judicial officers, but also challenges the authority of this court. This appears to be a deliberate and motivated action, the purpose of which is to demoralize the judicial officers and stop the disposal of objections.
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