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There is a lot of political activity in the state regarding the assembly elections to be held in West Bengal. Meanwhile, the country’s Supreme Court 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 authority 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 the Election Commission had implemented top-level changes in the administration ahead of the state elections this month, making him feel that the state’s administrative machinery was not under his control.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave her reaction while addressing an 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. “Everything has been changed,” he said. My powers have been given to the Election Commission. This is like super president’s rule.

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.

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.