“I have heard that women will be frisked thoroughly by CAPF. If anyone stops you from casting your vote, make sure to use your broom to clean the road. Our brothers will support you by standing behind you,” she said.
“They ran amok, tearing down my posters and banners, spitting on our campaign material, harassing and heckling women bystanders, and even showing shoes at the sacred Maa Kali temple,” she claimed.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) had on Saturday directed the Bengal chief secretary to suspend four police officials, including a Deputy Commissioner, for “law and order failure during the roadshow and nomination” in the Bhabanipur constituency, and ordered disciplinary action against them. Union home minister Amit Shah had participated in the roadshow.
Banerjee campaigned for three candidates on Sunday and addressed public rallies in Samserganj, Baharampur and Murshidabad districts.
The CM urged people whose names have been wrongly deleted from electoral rolls to immediately approach the appellate tribunals, as applications must be filed by April 6.
“I urge you to contact our party workers. Since I filed a case in court, around 25 lakh electors who were under adjudication have been retained. Those whose names have been excluded should appeal before the tribunal with all their documents. We will provide free legal assistance,” Banerjee said at a rally in Murshidabad.She also cautioned party workers to ensure that EVMs are properly checked. “I hope nobody will allow the BJP to manipulate them. Do not allow voting on malfunctioning EVMs,” she said.
She directed candidates to be careful while filing nominations. “Make sure to conduct a thorough scrutiny. BJP has planned to get your nominations rejected. Take your people along with you on the day of scrutiny. There may be attempts to cancel your nomination and create disturbances on polling day,” she added.
“They will get significant time between polling and counting. You must remain alert so that machines are not tampered with under the protection of central forces. Ensure round-the-clock vigilance. Transparency must be maintained to prevent any tampering of EVMs by central forces,” she said.
She challenged the BJP to fight politically. “Why are you taking away people’s rights? You and the Prime Minister were elected using the 2024 voters’ list. If you came to power on the votes of infiltrators, why haven’t you resigned?” she said.
