The TMC delegation headed by Yashwant Sinha complains about the central forces to the Electoral Commission
Calcutta:
A high-level delegation from the Trinamool Congress, led by Yashwant Sinha, former Cabinet Minister and now Vice President of Trinamool and Minister of State Subrata Mukherjee, met with the Electoral Commission today with a complaint alleging that central police forces acted. with bias in favor of the BJP in certain voting centers. .
Sinha told reporters after meeting with Election Director Aariz Aftab that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Interior Minister Amit Shah are influencing the electoral process by relaying instructions from Delhi.
“We have told the voting panel, the role of the central forces has been partial in many booths in the first two phases. There have been incidents of violence and attacks on supporters of our party by the BJP. We have asked the CE to take care of this was not repeated in the next six phases, “said Sinha.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the central forces deployed in the Nandigram constituency, where she is locked in a battle with her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari, now with the BJP, of helping them.
The central police forces function under the Ministry of the Interior, which is headed by Amit Shah.
Sinha also said that “the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah is doing his best to influence the verdict of the people in favor of the BJP by preventing voters who oppose his party from exercising their right to vote. This has to end. “
He said that Trinamool also pointed out the problem of EVM malfunctions during the delegation’s interaction with the Election Commission.
Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweet predicting that the BJP will win a majority in the West Bengal assembly after the first phase of the vote, Sinha joked: “We have not yet seen any tweets from the prime minister after the second phase. We are looking forward to your tweeting again. “
The former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs in Vajpayee’s cabinet predicted a “landslide victory for the Trinamool Congress despite provocations and interference by the BJP (in the voting process).”
Mukherjee added: “I have seen elections for the past 50 years. (But) I have never before witnessed such blatant interference in the electoral process by the Delhi government.”
Dola Sen, a member of TMC Rajya Sabha, was also part of the delegation.
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