‘AI weaponised to disenfranchise millions’: Mamata says she’ll move Supreme Court over SIR discrepancies as an ‘ordinary citizen’

Last week, Banerjee wrote a sharply worded letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing the Election Commission of reducing the democratic process to a “farce.”

In her latest letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the chief minister expressed “grave concerns” over what she described as a “fundamentally flawed” SIR of electoral rolls.

The Bengal CM said if the “unplanned, arbitrary, and ad hoc” exercise is not immediately rectified, it must be halted to prevent a “direct assault on the foundational principles of democratic governance”.

She had written two letters to the CEC on November 20 and December 2 before this.

‘Election Commission is being run on WhatsApp’

Banerjee also alleged a “technological conspiracy” where “artificial Intelligence and informal messaging platforms are being weaponised to disenfranchise millions of voters ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections” in the state.

“Listen, artificial Intelligence has emerged now. Often, you’ll see it’s not me. But using my image and voice, they can spread many lies. There are fake videos. Discern with your own intelligence what to accept and what not to. There is no task in the world that the BJP cannot do. Remember, the names of 5.4 million people have been removed,” she said.

“They had the right to fill out Form 7 and Form 8. Even if a murderer doesn’t get a lawyer, he can still defend himself. And here, they’ve used AI to remove names. AI is deciding whose surname has changed, who got married, and which girl has gone to her in-laws’ house. Names have been removed using AI,” the Trinamool Congress chief further said.

“The Election Commission is being run on WhatsApp. Who knows if they’ve bought WhatsApp or not… I’m sorry to say that people’s names are being removed from the voter list… If people’s rights are removed, you will vanish too. Keep this much in mind,” Banerjee said.

Banerjee urged everyone to check their names on the SIR draft list. “It might be a bit troublesome, but this is a struggle to protect your rights. This is a struggle for survival. One must survive in this struggle. We are also taking the law’s help. The courts will open tomorrow, and we will also pursue legal action,” she added.