BJP Wants Action Against Mamata Banerjee For Amit Shah "Smear Campaign"

The BJP delegation demanded deployment of central forces along with presiding and polling officers inside polling booths in the upcoming state assembly elections.

The BJP Friday urged the Election Commission to take legal action against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her allegation that Union Home Minister Amit Shah may be influencing the poll watchdog and accused her of running a "smear campaign" against him. A BJP delegation made a representation to the EC in which it submitted a part of her speech at a rally in Bankura in March 16 in which she had lashed out at Mr Shah saying, "Who is running the election commission, Amit Shah, are you running the election commission?" She had alleged that he had been hatching conspiracies sitting in Kolkata, the BJP noted. "The above-mentioned instances are false, fraudulent, derogatory allegations and are made without any basis in law or in fact. A smear campaign is being run to tarnish the image & reputation of Shri Amit Shah ji and other senior leaders of BJP, with the intent to spread misinformation and thereby influence the voters in a wrongful manner," it said while sharing more details of her speech.