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Happening today in Bengal: Mamata takes her anti-SIR protest to Malda, AIMIM to protest her govt’s U-turn on Waqf law

The protest will begin at 11 am near Tipu Sultan Masjid in Dharmatala area of the city and will be led by AIMIM Bengal unit chief Imran Solanki.

2 min readKolkataDec 3, 2025 11:59 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee begins two days of rallies against the Election Commission's SIR electoral revision, alleging misuse. (File)

For the next two days, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be holding rallies against the Election Commission’s ongoing exercise of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Malda and Murshidabad districts.

This marks the TMC chief’s second phase of anti-SIR mobilisation after her Bongaon rally last week in the refugee-dominated Matua belt, where she alleged the revision drive was being misused to intimidate families along the Bangladesh border.

Today, she will hold a rally against SIR at Gajol in Malda district, bordering Bangladesh.

Protest against new Waqf law

The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will today protest in Kolkata against the TMC government’s decision to accept the new Waqf law after resisting it for months. The protest will begin at 11 am near Tipu Sultan Masjid in Dharmatala area of the city and will be led by AIMIM Bengal unit chief Imran Solanki.

Last week, the West Bengal government accepted the law that was passed by Parliament in April year, and issued directions to upload information of 82,000 waqf properties across the state on the central portal by the December 5 deadline.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier publicly announced that she would not allow the new Act to come into force in the state. Also, widespread protests had erupted in the state after the Narendra Modi-led Central government tabled the Bill

On Tuesday, her minister and president of Jamia Ulema-e-Hind’s West Bengal branch, Siddiquallah Chowdhury,said that “Muslims will not stay quiet” if the Waqf properties are taken away.

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