Actor-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Dev and cricketer Mohammed Shami have been called for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings in Kolkata. TMC leaders criticised the hearing notice sent to the two people and their family members.
“This is another example of unpreparedness and absolutely inappropriate procedure of SIR enforcement. In the hurried implementation of the SIR process, the Election Commission has lost its credibility of being an impartial body,” Jay Prakash Majumdar, State Vice President & Spokesperson of TMC told on Monday (January 5, 2026), in response to the hearing notices received by the two public figures.
According to reports, three members of Deepak Adhikari’s (Dev) have also received hearing notices and Shami and his brother have also been called for a hearing. Shami’s hearing date was Monday (January 5), which he could not attend due to a prior commitment to a cricket tournament.
According to Election Commission officials of West Bengal, a new date for his hearing will be set soon.
The date for Mr. Dev’s hearing has not been confirmed.
Mr Dev is a three-time MP from West Bengal’s Ghatal which is also his birthplace, although their family shifted to Mumbai due to work. Later the TMC MP settled in Kolkata due to his work in the Bengali film industry.
On the other hand, Shami was born in Uttar Pradesh but permanently shifted to West Bengal a long time ago due to his cricket career. He has been a long-term voter in the Jadavpur constituency area in Kolkata.
No official comments have been made by Shami or Mr. Dev.
Many other important public figures from West Bengal have also been called for SIR hearings including veteran poet Joy Goswami, actor Anirban Bhattacharya, while others from the film industry have also gotten SIR hearing notices.
TMC leadership has come down heavily on the Election Commission and Bharatiya Janta Party-led central government for the harassment of people, as multiple public figures across the State get SIR hearing notices.
