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It said that Banerjee made an appeal to voters along communal lines while campaigning
Banerjee had called for consolidation of minority votes
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Wednesday (April 7) issued a notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks calling for consolidation of minority votes.
The Commission said that it has found her speech violating the provisions of the Representation of the People Act and the model code of conduct.
The EC notice stated that Banerjee made an appeal to voters along communal lines while campaigning in Hooghly.
Without naming Indian Secular Front’s Abbas Siddiqui at a rally in Hooghly’s Tarakeswar, Banerjee had said, “I am requesting my minority brothers and sisters with folded hands, don’t divide the minority votes after listening to the devil (Shaitaan) who had taken money from the BJP.”