BJP delegation meets EC over Bhabanipur violence

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 28

Ahead of the voting for the byelection to Bhabanipur, from where West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is contesting, a BJP delegation met the Election Commission (EC) today and sought a series of measures to ensure free and fair polling as it accused the TMC of using violence against its supporters.

Calcutta HC gives go-ahead for bypoll

• The Calcutta HC on Tuesday gave go-ahead for the Sept 30 bypoll to Bhabanipur, saying it does not want to interfere with the EC decision at this stage
• The HC berated HK Dwivedi, WB chief secy, for projecting himself “more as a servant of party in power than public servant” by writing to EC seeking early bypoll in Bhabanipur to avoid a “constitutional crisis”. PTI

Meanwhile, the West Bengal government sent a report to the EC regarding the violence in Bhabanipur yesterday. Sources in the EC said, in report the state government has informed the commission that it has registered an FIR in connection with the incident and arrested eight persons.

However, the BJP urged the EC to impose Section 144, a prohibitory order against gathering of five or more persons, on September 30. Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav, Anurag Thakur and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi were among the members of the delegation.