Trinamul Congress leaders today lambasted the Election Commission of India for issuing an order regarding the documents that are to be submitted after the last date of hearing is over.
Chandrima Bhattacharya, state finance minister and president Trinamul Mahila Congress president said the last date of hearing for logical discrepancy was 14 February. On 21 January, Chief Electoral Officer sought a clarification from ECI regarding the documents needed to be submitted at the hearing for logical discrepancy. Today, the CEO received a clarification, which stated that documents relating to Banglar Bari will not be accepted.
Kunal Ghosh, state secretary of Trinamul Congress said after the last date of hearing is over, how can the ECI issue a clarification? “Many people have submitted these documents and now they say that it will not be accepted. If the ECI needed any clarification, they should have sought the clarification from the Supreme Court. This is the part of a bigger conspiracy to delete the names of genuine voters,” Mr Ghosh said.
Mrs Bhattacharya said Trinamul Congress leadership is carefully scrutinising the order of the ECI which was issued today and accordingly steps will be taken. “Such illegal and arbitrary orders will not be accepted. Trinamul Congress will protest against the order of ECI.”
Kunal Ghosh alleged that the ECI was hand in glove with the BJP, just to help the saffron party to do well in the forthcoming Assembly election. “The ECI is taking arbitrary decisions and BLOs and common people have died unable to bear the stress and strain. The ECI is trying to create an environment of fear so that the genuine voters become scared and cast their votes in favour of the BJP. But, it is a far-fetched dream for them. People in Bengal will give a befitting reply to the BJP’s conspiracy.”
Mrs Bhattacharya said the BJP will be defeated handsomely in the Assembly election. “The BJP has become nervous because of the measures taken by Mamata Banerjee to protest against the ECI’s highhandedness. The pro-people schemes by Mamata Banerjee have made the BJP nervous and they have lost the mental balance,” she mentioned.