SIR protests continue in West Bengal days after publication of the draft rolls

Protests in West Bengal escalate over electoral roll issues, prompting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to plan a dharna against the SIR.

Protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have continued in West Bengal days after the draft electoral roll was published in West Bengal. On Wednesday (March 4, 2026), protests erupted at Usti in South 24 Parganas district over the death of a youth, Rafiq Ali Gazi.

The youth had died by suicide. He was upset upon finding his name in the adjudication list of the draft electoral roll, his wife said. Supporters of the Trinamool Congress held a protest in Usti with the body of the deceased. Usti comes under the Magrahat Paschim Assembly seat, within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour Police district. The Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat is represented by Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

“Upon receiving news of his tragic passing, and under the instructions of Hon’ble MP @AbhishekAITC , our delegation and party members stand in solidarity with the bereaved family,” the Trinamool Congress posted on social media.

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West Bengal’s ruling party also pointed out that until this “sinister plot of dispossessing ordinary citizens of their fundamental rights ceases, our struggle and unwavering resistance in defense of Constitutional justice shall persist”. The Trinamool claimed that the deceased was excluded from the final list despite submitting all valid documents during the hearing, subjecting him to excruciating mental anguish .