Biswabrata Goswami
MIDNAPORE, 17 MARCH: The All India Trinamul Congress (AITC) on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission (EC) to remove Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari’s name from the electoral roll from Nandigram as “he filed false particulars of his residence.”
According to the TMC, Suvendu Adhikari is not a permanent resident of the area and has not resided in the area in the last six months.
In its letter to the EC, the TMC has also sought the initiation of criminal proceedings against Suvendu Adhikari for “furnishing false particulars.”
The TMC has also claimed that Adhikari’s name features twice in the electoral list of West Bengal which is a violation of Section 17. A person cannot be enrolled as an elector at more than one place as per Section 17 and 18 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. It’s an offence.
Notably, earlier a voter from the Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency, Suvendu Adhikari had registered himself as a voter of Nandigram in East Midnapore on 12 March. He had also received a new Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC). The TMC said in its letter Adhikari has claimed that his name is there on the electoral roll of AC 209 Haldia while he later applied for migrating his name from the electoral rolls of AC 209 Haldia to AC 210 Nandigram by furnishing false details of his residence.
The TMC claimed that the BLO of the areas has submitted in his report that Adhikari does not reside at the given address.
Suvendu Adhikari, a former close aide of Mamata Banerjee, had joined the BJP last December. He is contesting from the Nandigram Assembly Constituency against his mentor Miss Banerjee. Adhikari has been claiming to be a son of the soil (Bhumiputra) while terming Mamata Banerjee as an outsider.