The BJP has complained to the Election Commission (EC) alleging that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee suppressed pending cases against her in her nomination for the Bhabanipur Assembly election.
The complaint was lodged by BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal’s chief election agent Sajal Ghosh on Tuesday.
Writing to the EC, Ghosh alleged that Mamata in her nomination did not mention the five pending cases against her lodged in Assam. He also attached several links to news regarding the cases lodged against her in his letter to the EC.
“I, Sajal Ghosh (Chief Election Agent) of Smt Priyanka Tibrewal (candidate of BJP) beg to object to the nomination/declaration filed by Smt Mamata Banerjee (Candidate), the candidate set up by the All India Trinamool Congress party for 159 Bhawanipur A C for the election to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, 2021, on the ground that the candidate has failed to disclose in paragraph 5(ii) particulars of the following pending criminal cases against her,” stated Ghosh.
He also stated that the pending cases against the TMC supremo were lodged at the Geeta Nagar, Pan Bazaar, Jagiroad, North Lakhimpur and Udhrabond police stations.
The cases were lodged under sections 121 (waging or attempting war against the government), 120B (criminal conspiracy),506 (criminal intimidation), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence and language) under the IPC.
Refuting the allegation, senior TMC leader and Minister Firhad Hakim accused the BJP of making false allegations to confuse voters.
“This is a false complaint. They did the same thing during the Assembly election in Nandigram. The BJP leaders are ignorant of the fact that the EC had probed the matter and announced that the woman against whom cases are pending is not the same Mamata Banerjee,” said Hakim.
During the Assembly election at Nandigram, BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari urged the EC to reject Mamata’s nomination for the seat claiming that she had not disclosed five cases pending against her in Assam and one registered by the CBI.
However, the EC rejected the complaint stating that the cases were lodged against another person of the same name. By-election at Bhabanipur will be held on September 30.
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