Mamata’s ‘attack’: TMC delegation to meet Election Commission today

A six-member parliamentary delegation of the Trinamool Congress will meet Election Commission officials in Delhi on Friday over concerns over the alleged attack on TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Also read: Ruckus over Mamta Banerjee’s injury

Six TMC MPs from both the Houses of Parliament have left for the capital to be part of the delegation which will meet the Election Commission at 12 noon.

The delegation consists of Derek O’Brien (Leader, AITC Parliamentary Party, Rajya Sabha), Saugat Roy (MP, Lok Sabha), Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (MP, Lok Sabha), Satabdi Roy (MP, Lok Sabha), Pratima Mandal (MP), Lok Sabha. ) And Santanu Sen (MP, Rajya Sabha)

Also read: Drama will not result this time, says BJP

A party delegation also met election panel officials in Kolkata on Thursday and later alleged that “the Election Commission did nothing despite reports of a possible attack on Banerjee”.

Claiming that the attack was “a deep conspiracy to take the life of TMC supremo”, party leaders alleged that anti-social elements have been mobilized by the BJP in Nandigram to spread violence to anti-social elements from neighboring states.

The Election Commission cannot abstain from responsibility as the incharge of law and order situation in West Bengal, it said.

The Trinamool Congress supremo on Wednesday suffered a leg injury after he was allegedly pushed by unknown people near a temple in Reyapara area during the election campaign in Nandigram, where the BJP piled his anti-pro Suvendu Adhikari against him. Given.

Ms Banerjee alleged that she was pushed by four to five people when she was trying to get into the car, after which it fell on her face.

The Election Commission on Thursday sent a strongly worded letter to the TMC over its memorandum given to Ms. Banerjee during the campaign, stating that it seemed “reluctant to even respond” to the allegations that the election The panel is operating in the state. A “special party”