BJP urges EC to scan Mamata Banerjee's audio clip on rally with Cooch Behar victims’ bodies

A security personnel assists an elderly voter by carrying her towards a polling station during West Bengal’s legislative assembly polls. Pic/AFP

A BJP delegation on Saturday urged Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab to take note of a purported audio clip in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims - as "such a move could lead to more tension" in the state amid the ongoing elections.

Senior BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta, who led the delegation to the CEO office, told reporters that he has apprised Aftab of the conversation that apparently took place between Banerjee and the TMC's Sitalkuchi nominee. He pointed out that it could lead to untoward situations in the next three phases of the assembly elections.

The TMC has already described the audio clip as "bogus" and said no such conversation took place. Dasgupta, who is also the candidate for the saffron party's Tarakeshwar assembly seat, further stated that the CEO has been requested to take up the matter with the top officials of the Election Commission. "We don't think this is a case of phone-tapping," Dasgupta said.

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