Banerjee said the nation was in "turmoil" over the chief election commissioner and demanded that he be arrested and face criminal charges. She also urged that the West Bengal Assembly election be rerun using the old voter list, describing the original poll as "stolen" and insisting that all opposition parties in the INDIA alliance were united against the Election Commission.
Her demand followed a report in The Indian Express that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had allegedly red‑flagged a series of irregularities uncovered during a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across multiple states, raising questions about the integrity of the voter lists used in recent contests.
Banerjee announced plans for a nationwide protest against the chief election commissioner and said leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc would convene shortly to coordinate action, emphasizing that the issue had moved beyond impeachment to a call for criminal accountability.
Trinamool general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee echoed his mother’s call, urging a court‑monitored investigation and the immediate removal of the CEC. He warned that disenfranchising “lakhs of voters” to benefit a single party threatened the foundation of Indian democracy.
The Banerjee family noted that they had first raised concerns about the Election Commission seven to eight months before the election, including a December 2025 complaint about EC official Seema Khanna’s role in the commission’s technology systems. They said the INDIA bloc had written to the Chief Justice of India and other Supreme Court judges, but that those letters had not been examined, urging the court not to look away.
While the accusations have sparked political tension, no formal legal action has yet been taken against Gyanesh Kumar, and the allegations remain unproven. The call for a re‑run of the West Bengal poll and for criminal proceedings adds further pressure on the Election Commission as it prepares for upcoming elections in other states.