Mamata Banerjee slams BJP, ECI forward of West Bengal elections| India Information
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday focused the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) and the Election Fee of India (ECI), voicing apprehension that efforts is likely to be made within the upcoming meeting elections to hack digital voting machines (EVMs) and disqualify Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates citing technical causes.
“The EVMs should be checked correctly. Ask for VVPAT once you forged your vote. If an EVM malfunctions, don’t allow them to restore it. Demand its substitute,” the TMC chief stated at a rally in Murshidabad’s Samserganj, which was the epicentre of violence through the protests towards the Waqf (Modification) Act within the district in April 2025.
The West Bengal elections will likely be held on April 23 and 29, with relying on Could 4 alongside 4 different states.
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“There will likely be a number of days between voting and counting. Be certain that Central (paramilitary) forces guarding the EVMs don’t tamper with them. There’s nothing they aren’t able to doing. Keep round the clock vigilance,” Banerjee stated.
Reacting to the chief minister’s allegation about EVM hacking, Bengal BJP’s chief spokesperson Debjit Sarkar stated, “Having realised that she gained’t return to energy, chief minister Mamata Banerjee has began engaged on all doable excuses for defeat by the hands of the lots.”
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Criticising the deletion of names through the particular intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll within the state, the chief minister stated, “Use your democratic energy. Solid your votes to take revenge for deletion of individuals’s names, and towards the SIR in order that the outcomes mirror that.”
Banerjee additional urged folks whose names have been deleted through the SIR course of to maneuver appeals earlier than the tribunal.
Cautioning TMC candidates, she claimed, “Watch out whereas submitting nomination papers. Take legal professionals with you. Examine the papers rigorously. BJP has made all kinds of plans to get nomination papers rejected. Hand-picked officers have been deployed to reject nominations citing technical grounds.”
Banerjee additional alleged that the BJP is “bringing paid supporters” from different states to affect the ballot verdict.
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“BJP is not only bringing in voters from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. They’re bringing in crowds of paid supporters from these states,” the TMC chief added.
Murshidabad district has Bengal’s highest Muslim inhabitants of 66.28%, in accordance with the 2011 census, adopted by the adjoining Malda district (51.27%).
Banerjee additionally led a roadshow at Berhampore, the place former Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is contesting an meeting seat after 30 years.
Hours earlier than chief minister Banerjee’s arrival, TMC staff in Berhampore city allegedly blocked the route of Chowdhury’s marketing campaign and shouted slogans for the third consecutive day on Sunday.
“Mamata Banerjee is main a roadshow in Berhampore as a result of TMC is aware of that it’ll face a tricky time. I’ll counter each transfer they make,” stated Chowdhury, who misplaced his Berhampore Lok Sabha seat to TMC’s Yusuf Pathan in 2024.
with company inputs
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