Wednesday, April 9, 2014

EC to scan Mamata's poll speeches

EC to scan Mamata's poll speeches

The Election Commission today asked
for the CDs of all election meetings of Trinamool Congress
chief Mamata Banerjee in which she attacked the poll panel.
The directive to the state's Chief Electoral Officer,
Sunil Gupta, came barely a day after the state government
reluctantly agreed to abide by the EC's order of transfer of
top officials on election duty after initial resistance.
"We have been asked to collect the CDs of all meetings of
the chief minister in the last few days in Hooghly and Burdwan
districts. We will collect and send them to the EC for
scrutiny and necessary action," Gupta said here today.
Gupta said he had already asked the DMs concerned to
collect the CDs of all the meetings the CM addressed and send
them to the CEO's office immediately.
In several election rallies in the districts over the last
two days, Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the poll body
and even targeted some of its officials for giving the
directive on removal of seven officials assigned to poll duty.
Banerjee had not only condemned the EC for, what she
alleged, showing partiality in giving the order, but even
dared the poll panel to implement its order.
Gupta said he would send the CDs to the EC headquarters
which would scrutinise them and take necessary action.
Meanwhile, the CEO also asked the DM of Howrah district
for his report on burning of an effigy of the Deputy Election
Commissioner Vinod Zutshi by workers of a political party near
the state secretariat.
"The report will also be scanned and appropriate action
taken," Gupta said.

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