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**Banerjee Accuses Shah of Acting Like “Acting Prime Minister,” Warns Modi of “Mir Zafar” Parallel**

**Kolkata, October 8, 2025** – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a stinging attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah today, accusing him of behaving like an “acting Prime Minister” and warning Prime Minister Narendra Modi against placing too much trust in him.

Speaking to reporters at Kolkata airport after returning from a visit to flood-affected areas of north Bengal, Ms. Banerjee drew a historical parallel, suggesting that Mr. Shah could become a “Mir Zafar” figure for Modi, a reference to the 18th-century military general who betrayed Nawab Siraj ud Daulah in the Battle of Plassey.

“Whatever the Election Commission is doing in the name of implementing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, it is doing at the behest of Shah, who is behaving like an acting Prime Minister,” Ms. Banerjee stated. “Unfortunately, the PM is aware of all his deeds.”

The Chief Minister’s remarks come amid ongoing debates about the Election Commission’s actions in West Bengal and escalating political tensions between the All India Trinamool Congress and the central government.

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