{
  "id": 11194516,
  "title": "People will not forgive 'Vanish Kumar': Mamata takes dig at CEC, questions immunity to poll panel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/people-will-not-forgive-vanish-kumar-mamata-takes-dig-at-cec",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T12:57:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/people-will-not-forgive-vanish-kumar-mamata-takes-dig-at-cec-questions-immunity-to-poll-panel/article71532968.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has accused Chief Election Commissioner Vanish Kumar of taking away people's voting rights and questioned the immunity granted to election officials under a 2023 law. She referred to him as \"Vanish Kumar\" and said the people of India would not forgive him. Banerjee criticized the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in West Bengal, alleging it was centralized by the Election Commission (ECI) and disproportionately affected constituencies where her party won. She also alleged that the BJP masterminded incidents involving the burning of around 4,000 electronic voting machines (EVMs) in West Bengal and that she and her party face restrictions and harassment in the state.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}