Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee addressed the media on 10 October 2026 after being detained by Delhi Police during a dharna at South Avenue, New Delhi, where she demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Mamata Banerjee, chief of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), was detained by Delhi Police on 10 October 2026 while staging a dharna at a bus stand on South Avenue, New Delhi, protesting alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
At the centre of the TMC protest is a demand for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom the party alleges oversaw irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, according to TMC's stated position on 10 October 2026.
The TMC's protest centres on what the party describes as alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls — a process overseen by the Election Commission of India (ECI) — with Mamata Banerjee choosing a dharna at South Avenue, New Delhi to escalate the demand on 10 October 2026.