EC has to take responsibility for attack on Mamata Banerjee: TMC

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday slammed the Election Commission for failing to provide proper security to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who was injured during poll campaign in Nandigram and said the EC cant shun responsibility as it is in charge of law and order situation in pollbound West BengalClaiming that the attack was a deeprooted conspiracy to take the life of TMC supremo the TMC leaders said anti social elements have been mobilised from the neighbouring states by the BJP in Nandigram to unleash violenceAccusing the EC of acting as per orders of the BJP leaders the TMC delegation after meeting the EC officials here alleged that the Election Commission did nothing despite there being reports of a possible attack on BanerjeeA BJP delegation also met EC officials here and demanded a thorough probe into the incident in which Banerjee got injured in Nandigram the previous dayThe law and order situation in Bengal was good But after the announcement of elections law and order become the responsibility of the EC The EC removed DGP of the state police and the very next day she was attacked TMC secretarygeneral Partha Chatterjee saidThe Election Commission had on Tuesday ordered removal of Virendra as DirectorGeneral of Police of the pollbound West Bengal with immediate effect and appointed P Nirajnayan in his placeClaiming that several comments by senior BJP leaders had dropped enough hints that Banerjee might be attacked Chatterjee said despite having those inputs the chief minister was left with no proper securityWho will take responsibility for the attack on Mamata Banerjee when EC is in charge of administration EC has to take responsibility for the incident They are acting as per orders of the BJP leaders The BJP is asking the EC to remove an official and they are removing him he saidThe threemember TMC delegation led by state minister Partha Chatterjee met EC officials registered a complaint into the incident and demanded a thorough probe He was accompanied by Rajya Sabha party leader Derek OBrien and state minister Chandrima BhattacharyaYou have to understand the chronology On March 9 EC removes the DGP a BJP MP posted on social media you will see what will happen after 5 PM leave a woman chief ministers security less and then she is attacked If you go through the social media posts by the BJP leaders there have been indications that she would be attacked OBrien saidHe took an apparent dig at the rival saffron party for claiming that the incident was a wellscripted drama to garner sympathy votesThose responsible for this heinous incident need to be brought to book It was in poor taste that within 30 minutes there were other kinds of statements that were very shameful We condemn those statements Talk to doctors and see for yourself what happened he addedThe BJP delegation after meeting election officials also demanded a thorough probe into the incidentWe want our chief minister to get well soon She has alleged that few people pushed her We demand that there should be a thorough probe into the incident as ECs reputation is at stake The video footage of the incident should be looked into We request that a detailed inquiry is ordered BJP leader Sabyasachi Dutta told reporters after a meeting with ECldquoWednesdays incident indicates that law and order situation has completely collapsed in the staterdquo he addedAccording to the doctors Banerjee is presently undergoing treatment at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata with injury to her left leg waist shoulder and neckThe TMC supremo alleged on Wednesday evening that during her campaign in Nandigram she was attacked by fourfive men who pushed her besides banging on the door of her carThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever