TMC and BJP leaders meet EC officials in Kolkata
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Leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday met the complete bench of the Election Commission of India (EC) in Kolkata and sparred over the function of the Central Armed Police Forces forward of the Assembly polls in the State.
The Trinamool delegation, led by get together secretary normal Partha Chatterjee, stated that the Border Security Force (BSF) deployed on the State border was pressuring and threatening the locals in the villages to help a selected political get together. “This is a serious allegation and we want to the Election Commission to look into it,” Mr. Chatterjee stated. The TMC management additionally stated that the BJP was attempting to pressurise the EC by alleging that there have been discrepancies in the voters’ record in bordering areas, and a lot of Rohingya individuals had been included in the voters’ lists. Mr. Chatterjee stated that such remarks made by BJP had been fully baseless.
The State BJP delegation led by get together State president Dilip Ghosh demanded that Central forces ought to be deployed in the State on the earliest to spice up the arrogance of the voters. “The people of West Bengal are in fear whenever elections approach on whether they can cast their votes freely,” Mr. Ghosh stated. The State BJP president stated that Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) officers ought to be deployed at polling cubicles and the State Police ought to be refrained from polling cubicles.
In the letter submitted to the Chief Election Commissioner, the State BJP management stated that CAPF ought to be deployed at the very least 15 days earlier than the polling day, and the deployment of CAPF have to be made and supervised by police observers. “A state level Police observer of the rank of DG (Director General) assisted by four IG level observers to ensure law and order management and deployment of CAPF,” the BJP’s communication to the ECI stated. Representatives of Left events and Congress additionally met the ECI officials.
Later in the day, ECI officials met with senior police officials and administrative officers of the State authorities on the law-and-order state of affairs. The ECI officials pressured on the execution of all pending arrest warrants in the State earlier than the elections are held. The full bench of ECI is on a two-day go to to the poll-bound State.
During the day, representatives of the Trinamool Congress raised the problem of “shoot the traitors” slogans heard at a BJP rally at Chandannagar in Hooghly on Wednesday with the ECI and described it as “language terrorism”. The BJP management was fast to level that whereas its supporters who raised the slogans had been arrested, the police had not acted towards the Trinamool Congress’ supporters who had raised related slogans at a rally in Kolkata on Tuesday. BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya stated the incident proved that the police in the State was removed from performing in an neutral method.
