‘Be careful while filing nomination’: Mamata accuses Election Commission of bias, targets BJP. india news
Trinamool Congress chairman Mamata Banerjee alleged on Wednesday that recently appointed officials by the Election Commission were tasked with rejecting nomination papers of his party’s candidates, and urged them to be cautious while filing nominations.Speaking at three election rallies in the state, Banerjee also alleged that BJP Misusing central agencies and bringing in people from outside for political gains.“Everything has been changed; it is a new setup here. Newly appointed officials by the Election Commission have been tasked with rejecting your nominations; so be cautious while filing your nominations. Take lawyers with you while filing nominations,” Banerjee said at the rally in Nanoor in Birbhum district, according to PTI.The West Bengal Chief Minister also appealed to voters, especially women, not to support the BJP.He said, “They (BJP) are anti-women, hence her name is being removed from the SIR citing logical inconsistency.” Mamata Banerjee alleged that ahead of the elections, the BJP was asking for bank account details of poor people and warned them not to share such information, claiming that it could lead to misuse of their money.The TMC chief alleged that the BJP was trying to bring in people from outside to influence voting in Bengal and said, “The people of Delhi will not be able to capture Bengal as long as I am here.”Chief Minister also welcomed Supreme CourtSIR’s comments stated that she was “happy” with them.Referring to the amendment in the voter list, Banerjee said her government has approached the Supreme Court and has so far succeeded in restoring about 22 lakh names, while about 18 lakh names are yet to be restored.He said those whose names have been removed will have to appeal before the tribunal and the government will bear the related expenses.Earlier in the day, the top court said the appellate tribunal will hear appeals filed by persons whose names have been excluded from the voter lists, as well as appeals challenging alleged incorrect names by election officials.At the rally in Nanoor, where party leader Anubrata Mandal was absent, Banerjee alleged that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s land in Shantiniketan was being snatched away, prompting her to intervene. He also urged people to defeat BJP in the elections so that they do not have to stand in queues in future.Later, addressing another rally in Burwan, the Chief Minister alleged large-scale deletion of voters’ names in several constituencies. He claimed that around 30,000 names have been removed in Dinhata and around 40,000 names in his own constituency Bhabanipur.However, Banerjee insisted that these developments would not help the BJP win the elections and asked people to consider her as its candidate in all 294 assembly constituencies.
