New Delhi: A six-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation met the Election Commission (EC) here Friday. The TMC delegation demanded a high-level probe into an alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. It claimed that the attack was not an ‘unfortunate incident’, but a conspiracy. The TMC panel met the full EC team, including Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, for over an hour and submitted a memorandum to it. They highlighted how BJP leaders in West Bengal had threatened the chief minister through tweets and other remarks.
“Injuries to Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram were not a result of an unfortunate incident but that of a conspiracy. The events leading up to the attempt on her life leave no doubt that the attack was part of a deep-rooted conspiracy,” TMC MP Saugata Roy told reporters after meeting the EC.
In the memorandum, the TMC has made allegations against Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP candidate from Nandigram in the upcoming Assembly polls.
“When an attempt was made on the life of Ms Banerjee, in which she was grievously hurt, to cover up the attack, eye-witnesses were planted, illustratively. Chittaranjan Das and Debabrata Das, who testified that Ms Banerjee’s car hit against an iron pillar, are associates of Suvendu Adhikari, BJP candidate from Nandigram,” the memorandum further stated.
