Election Commission responds to TMC letter on Mamata Banerjee’s damage

The Election Commission has issued a stern response to a letter despatched to it by Trinamool Congress over the damage that Mamata Banerjee suffered yesterday. The ballot panel strongly objected to the try of the ruling occasion in West Bengal guilty it for the alleged assault on the Chief Minister.
After Mamata Banerjee had suffered an damage on her leg in Nandigram yesterday, the TMC had despatched a letter to the ECI, saying that there’s a deep-rooted political conspiracy behind the incident. The occasion had alleged that there was no police safety across the CM when the incident occurred, and added that police was now in ECI’s management because the election course of has began. The occasion had additionally claimed that Mamata Banerjee is underneath menace on account of ‘abrupt’ elimination of the state DGP by the Election Commission.
The ECI has taken a robust objection to the allegations made by the TMC, and has denied their claims. The state issued by the ECI says that the incident involving Mamata Banerjee was certainly an unlucky incident and it deserves to be inquired into with promptitude and dispatch. However, the memorandum submitted to it by TMC leaders is filled with insinuations and averments, which in actual fact questions the very foundation of creation and functioning of the Election Commission.
The ECI has mentioned that it’s fully incorrect to state that it has taken over regulation and order equipment within the identify of conducting elections and appropriated the entire governance construction. “This virtually tantamounts to undermine the very foundation and fabric of the Constitution of India”, the assertion mentioned. ECI added that it doesn’t acceptable each day governance of any state through the elections, they usually hold functioning as per extant guidelines of enterprise and distribution of labor authorised by CM, which additionally applies to West Bengal.
The ballot panel added that it seems to be undignified to even reply to allegations of all this being performed on the behest of a specific occasion. The ECI additionally responded to the allegations over the elimination of the DGP. They mentioned that it was not an abrupt choice, and it was performed on the suggestions of the Special Observers Ajay Nayak and Vivek Dube. They additionally added that after the incident in Nandigram, the fee has sought a report on the identical from the observers inside 48 hours.
ECI mentioned that not simply the DGP, even the ADG (Law and Order) was additionally changed after thought-about utility of thoughts by the Special Observers. They added that after elections are introduced, it’s not legally needed or necessary to seek the advice of the state authorities in such issues as these are short-term measures.
The ballot panel concludes by saying that it’s going to await the report on the incident and share the identical with all stakeholders. They added that the lifetime of the West Bengal chief minister must be duly protected by all tasked with the upkeep of regulation and order equipment within the state. While Mamata Banerjee and TMC had alleged conspiracy behind the ‘attack’ yesterday, as we speak they’ve modified the tone, particularly the CM. In a video message from Hospital as we speak, Mamata Banerjee mentioned that she was crushed by her automobile when she was on the bonnet of it, and didn’t point out something about being pushed by miscreants. Yesterday she had claimed that she was pushed by 4-5 individuals.
In the in the meantime, locals Nandigram who witnesses the incident have mentioned that she was injured in an accident, not an assault. They informed media that when Mamata Banerjee’s convoy was transferring on the highway, she was waiving in direction of the group by maintaining the automobile door open and maintaining her legs out. The open automobile door had hit a brief iron pillar on the roadside which was not seen to the driving force as a result of crowd. This has resulted within the door to shut forcefully, hitting the CM and injuring her legs. The preliminary investigation report by the police confirmed this eyewitness account.