New Delhi: Cricketer Mohammad Shami and his brother Mohammad Kaif must seem for hearings underneath the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train, which is presently underway in West Bengal, forward of the 2026 meeting elections.

A discover issued to Shami required him to look for a listening to Monday, however he was unable to take action as he’s presently enjoying for Bengal within the Vijay Hazare Trophy match. The discover was issued over an incorrectly crammed or incomplete enumeration type, in keeping with sources within the state.

Shami is a voter from Kolkata’s Rashbehari meeting constituency. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha, he relocated to West Bengal within the 2000s. After enjoying for Dalhousie Athletic Membership, the cricketer had been representing City Membership when he was chosen for the Bengal U-22 workforce. He later joined Mohun Bagan, adopted by his Ranji Trophy debut for Bengal within the 2010–11 season.

Of the 7.66 crore complete voters in West Bengal, simply 7.08 crore had submitted their enumeration types for collaborating within the SIR train. Over 58 lakh voters, or 7.6 % of the voters, have been dropped from the West Bengal draft electoral rolls since then.

The deleted 58.2 lakh voters embody 24.16 lakh or 3.15 % who had been discovered to have died, 32.65 lakh or 4.26 % who had been discovered to have shifted or had been absent from their residence in the course of the train, and 1.38 lakh or 0.18 % who had been discovered enrolled as voters at different locations as nicely, the Election Fee of India has outlined.

The submitting of claims and objections began on 16 December 2025 and can proceed until 15 January 2026. In parallel, the fee is issuing notices for hearings and verifications, which can proceed until 7 February 2026.

The SIR train has remained controversial within the state, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on 3 January 2026, urging a halt to the train. Mamata had positioned on file her “grave concern concerning the intense irregularities, procedural violations, and administrative lapses being witnessed” in the course of the ongoing SIR train.

In response, BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari wrote to Gyanesh Kumar Monday, saying that Mamata’s name to halt the SIR train was “nothing wanting an admission of defeat”.

(Edited by Madhurita Goswami)

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