Updated Jan 29, 2021 | 16:31 IST
The row erupted after a TMC leader claimed that the BJP was using the BSF to intimidate people in areas along the border to gather votes in the upcoming state Assembly elections. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Special Director General of BSF
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The BSF had back then categorically refuted the TMC’s allegations and said that it is an apolitical force
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora regretted the remarks on the force and said that the BSF is one of the finest forces in India
Kolkata: The Border Security Force on Friday hit back at the allegations leveled by the Trinamool Congress that the force was conniving with the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal to threaten voters in border areas.