Mohd Shami, actor-MP Dev summoned in Bengal voter roll revision

Kolkata: India pacer Cricketer Mohd Shami and Trinamool MP and actor Dev and his family members have been called for hearing as the hearing phase of Bengal Special Intensive Revision started on December 27.

“Shami’s hearing date was scheduled today. However, he is playing in Rajkot today. There were some data missing in the mapping portion. A separate date will be rescheduled for him, said a supervisor of the Election Commission.

Meanwhile, Dev and his family members have also been called for a hearing.


West Bengal Chief Minister, in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Sunday, seeking to halt the Bengal SIR, has raised serious concerns over Bengal SIR-related “irregularities, procedural violations, and administrative lapses”.

She has alleged that as opposed to Bihar, the ‘Family Register’ is not being accepted in the Bengal SIR hearing. She has also complained about non-acceptance of permanent residence certificates /domicile certificates issued by the state government, backend deletion of names and logical discrepancies.

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

“The Chief Minister writing to CEC Gyanesh Kumar is Unconstitutional. The letter should have been written in Trinamool Congress’ letterhead,” Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said.

“I have sent a letter to the Hon'ble Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, dismantling Mamata Banerjee's desperate lies against the SIR exercise and her latest plea for halting SIR. Her so-called "concerns" about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is nothing but 'Pure Fiction'.

In reality this ECI drive is throwing the spotlight on the TMC's dirty secrets: fake voters, ghosts of the deceased, and illegal infiltrators they've protected for years to rig the elections. It's crystal clear that Mamata Banerjee is panicking because SIR is a death knell for her 2026 dreams,” Adhikari wrote in his X Handle post.