The Trinamul Congress on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India, alleging that chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s phone had been tapped.
The BJP had released on Friday an audio clip of a purported conversation in which Mamata allegedly proposed a rally with the bodies of the Sitalkuchi victims who were gunned down by central forces on April 10.
A Trinamul delegation, led by its national vice-president Yashwant Sinha, met Bengal chief electoral officer Aariz Aftab and lodged the complaint.
The delegation said the recording was in violation of not only the Constitution but also the Indian Telegraph Act, the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo)
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress and BJP both moved the Election Commission on Saturday, seeking an investigation into the leaked audio tape of a purported conversation between Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her party’s Sitalkuchi candidate Partha Pratim Ray after the CISF firing in which four people died.
While Trinamool sought action for “violation of the right to privacy” under various sections of the Indian Telegraph Act, IT Act and the IPC, BJP demanded a probe into “how and by whom the tape was made viral to solicit votes on religious lines, which is prohibited under the model code of conduct.” In its written complaint to the EC, a Trinamool delegation led by Yashwant Sinha, Derek O’Brien and Purnendu Basu said the purported phone conversation between Mamata and Ray was played by BJP during a presser at its office in the presence of BJP’s IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya and MP Locket Chatterjee.
Trinamool Writes To Election Panel After BJP Leaks Mamata Banerjee Audio Trinamool Writes To Election Panel After BJP Leaks Mamata Banerjee Audio Mamata Banerjee s party has hit out at the BJP, claiming the rival party distorted the content of the audio clip to spread disinformation.
Updated: April 17, 2021 5:22 pm IST
Mamata Banerjee purported conversation with Partha Pratim Ray has sparked a controversy (File)
New Delhi:
The Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission seeking action against the BJP for allegedly recording and leaking an audio clip of party leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s conversation with Trinamool candidate Partha Pratim Ray.
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TMC writes to EC over released audio tape of CM Mamata Banerjee, calls it illegal, violation of priv
TMC writes to EC over released audio tape of CM Mamata Banerjee, calls it illegal, violation of privacy
Trinamool Congress claims recording of calls were illegal under multiple acts, and it was done at the behest of the BJP.
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Trinamool Congress has written to the election commission over audio tapes of Mamata Banerjee and her Cooch Behar party leader Partha Pratim Ray, which were made public by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday.