Mamata-led AITC rally against CEC, SIR stopped in Kolkata over lack of police permission

Leaders and supporters of Mamata All India Trinamool Congress, who had gathered in Kolkata on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) to hold a procession in protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Special Intensive Revision (SIR), were not allowed to march as the police said that no permission was obtained for the event.

Senior leaders of the Mamata faction of the Trinamool Congress, Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen, MLA and former Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh reached Rajabazar with supporters and raised slogans against Gyanesh Kumar. However, after some time, the police stopped the protesters from marching forward, and the crowd dispersed. The protest was the first major attempt by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction to organise protests on the streets of Kolkata over the SIR/ CEC issue.