EC places TMC chief Anubrata Mondal underneath ‘strict surveillance’ to make sure free and truthful polls in Birbhum

In a improvement, which reveals the scant regard for democratic values and the significance of holding free and truthful elections, the Election Commission has ordered strict surveillance of Trinamool Congress chief Anubrata Mondal to make sure free and truthful polling.As the final section of polling in West Bengal is underway, in a significant embarrassment for the Trinamool Congress, the Election Commission has issued orders to maintain social gathering chief Anubrata Mondal underneath the strict surveillance of the chief Justice of the Peace and CAPF from 5 pm on twenty seventh April until thirtieth April, 7 am to make sure free and truthful polling.News 18 quoted an official saying that the choice was taken after the chief electoral officer obtained “several complaints against Mondal”.The official mentioned, “In view of the feedback received from various sources and as per the report of the DEO and SP, Birbhum, the commission has directed that Mondal be under strict surveillance of the executive magistrate and CAPF for ensuring free and fair elections.” The official added that through the interval, videography could be carried out “with date and stamping”.However, this isn’t the primary time Mondal has needed to face the ignominy of being positioned underneath surveillance. The TMC chief was positioned underneath comparable surveillance through the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2016 meeting polls.The Central Bureau of Investigation, in a cross-border cattle smuggling case, summoned Mandal to seem earlier than it earlier on Tuesday for questioning with the TMC speaking to the Central company that Mandal wouldn’t be capable of seem for the summons earlier than the conclusion of the West Bengal elections.During a gathering of social gathering employees and candidates in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned, “I asked him (Mandal) to inform them that he would be able to visit their office only after the polling process is over. He is president of the TMC’s district unit, and cannot be summoned all of a sudden in the middle of the elections. In the past, too, he was put under surveillance by the EC during polls. Such harassment shouldn’t be allowed.”It is stunning to say the least, that Mandal who has been continually flagged as a significant hindrance towards guaranteeing free and truthful elections, continues to benefit from the help of Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress. If Mamata and the TMC had any regard for India’s democratic material or really wished to make sure the conduct of free and truthful elections, they’d have booted out Mandal way back.