Biswabrata Goswami
NANDIGRAM, 29 MARCH: Trinamul Congress on Monday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India informing that BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is “harbouring criminals” — who are also non-residents of Nandigram — at five locations in the town.
The letter also stated that even though the cops have been informed, no action has been taken so far.
In the complaint, TMC’s Derek O’Bbrien asked the election commission to “immediately intervene” and take “direct necessary steps” to apprehend these criminals “harboured” by Suvendu Adhikari.
In another letter written to the chief electoral officer of Bengal, Trinamul Congress mentioned about two points-1) Custody of all anti-social elements in East Midnapore, 2) No deployment of armed police forces from UP, MP, Bihar and any Other BJP/NDA-ruled states.
The letter added: “During the first phase of polls in Purba Medinipur, there has been large scale violence by anti-social elements of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), resulting in grave injuries to many people and also various instances of booth capturing, rigging and jamming by them. We have confirmed information that there are anti-social elements camping in various parts of East Medinipur, who have been brought in to create large scale violence on poll days.”
On the issue of deployment, the letter stated that police personnel from MP, UP, Bihar and any other state should not be posted in Bengal since the chief ministers of UP and MP and the cabinet minister of Bihar were campaigning for BJP in the state. “The cop posted here report directly to these leaders.” added the letter.
