KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging a conspiracy to infiltrate the West Bengal voters’ list with outsiders, purportedly with the involvement of the BJP and the Election Commission.
Sharing a copy of the letter on social media, Banerjee said she had written in her capacity as Trinamool Congress chairperson.
“I have written to the Chief Election Commissioner of India, expressing my grave concern regarding the serious conspiracy being hatched against the democratic rights of the people of Bengal, ” she said.
She alleged that the BJP was attempting to replicate strategies used in other states.
“BJP agents have been caught red-handed submitting thousands of fraudulent Form 6 applications at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal in an attempt to infiltrate the Bengal voter list with outsiders. This constitutes an attempt at ‘voter hijacking’ -- the very same dirty game that the BJP has successfully played in Maharashtra and Delhi, ” she said.