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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.”
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The EC letter added that relevant CCTV footage is available with the Commission to prove that there was no wrongdoing in the process
Mamata Banerjee had dialled Governor Jagdeep Dhankar from Nandigram, from where she is contesting against BJP`s Suvendu Adhikari
She alleged that there is a complete breakdown of law and order
New Delhi: In response to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee s allegation that there was a complete breakdown of law and order during the second phase of the voting election in the state on April 1, especially at a polling booth in Nandigram, Election Commission has given a point-by-point reply to the Chief Minister.
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The letter said that by 1.45 pm when Mamata Banerjee reached the polling station No. 7, the supporters of boot BJP and AITC gathered outside the premises of polling booth and the situation started becoming tense
The EC letter added that relevant CCTV footage is available with the Commission to prove that there was no wrongdoing in the process
New Delhi: Election Commission of India (ECI) has sent a point-by-point response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s letter alleging that there was a complete breakdown of law and order during the second phase of voting in Nandigram on April 1.
The TMC supremo went up against Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP from Nandigram in the second phase of the Bengal assembly polls. She had also dialled Governor Jagdeep Dhankar from Nandigram, alleging that there is a complete breakdown of law and order.