EC decision taken at BJP’s direction, says Mamata Banerjee

TIL Desk/National/Kolkata/ West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said the Election Commission’s decisions to curtail election campaigning and remove two senior officers have been taken on the direction of the BJP, its President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

She also claimed that RSS people have been inducted into the Election Commission. Mamata wondered if the directives were due to the “threat” issued to the poll panel by Shah during a media meet in New Delhi on Wednesday morning.

Addressing a media meet here, the Chief Minister said: “Some emergency situation has arisen due to some directions of the Election Commission. I don’t consider these as EC’s decision. These have been taken as per the direction of the BJP, Modi and Amit Shah.”

“In the morning, Shah held a press conference in Delhi, where he threatened the Election Commission. “Is this a fallout of that?” she asked. Banerjee said Bengal was being targeted as Modi knew that she was challenging him. “I am challenging him, talking against him, we are countering him on every point. Modi is afraid of Bengal, afraid of me.”