West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for enrolling ‘fake voters’ from other states in the electoral rolls with the ‘help’ of the Election Commission.
Speaking at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) meeting in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee said, ‘In Delhi and Maharashtra, the BJP had won elections by enrolling fake voters from Haryana and Gujarat. The party will bring these fake voters from Haryana and Gujarat and try to win elections in Bengal as the BJP know that it can never win Bengal elections if polls are held in a free and fair manner’. She further said, ‘We will not allow outsiders (BJP) to capture Bengal. What BJP has done in Delhi (assembly polls) can't be repeated in Bengal.’
TMC chief also questioned the appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the chief election commissioner. Banerjee alleged that fair elections are impossible unless the Election Commission remains impartial. She further claimed that her party will identify ‘fake voters’ who were enrolled on the voter list allegedly with the help of the BJP. Banerjee's remarks come amid heightened political tensions in the state, with both the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP gearing up for a fierce electoral battle.
During the party meeting, Mamata Banerjee also condemned the deportation of ‘illegal’ Indian immigrants from the United States in chains, calling it ‘shameful’, and questioned why the BJP-led central government did not send planes to bring them back.
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