Kolkata | Sep 03, 2011
The opposition CPI(M) today complained to the
Election Commission that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee contesting a
bypoll from the Bhowanipore assembly seat had violated the Model Code of
Conduct.
CPI(M) state secretary Biman Basu in a letter to Chief Electoral
Officer Sunil Gupta alleged that Banerjee, a candidate of the Trinamool
Congress, had violated the Model Code of Conduct by promising jobs to students
and youths at a rally in Kolkata on August 28.
Seeking immediate
intervention by the Election Commission, Basu claimed that ministers and
dignitaries came to attend the programme using government vehicles which was
also a violation of the model code.
The CPI(M) leader alleged that the
Election Commission had failed to take proper action during last the Assembly
elections in the state on a large number of violations of the model code by the
Trinamool Congress and the Congress despite complaints filed by the
CPI(M).
The CPI(M) leader said he had enclosed two cuttings of newspaper
clippings to the EC.
Banerjee is contesting the Bhowanipore seat to enter
the assembly in the stipulated six months as she is not a member of the House.
The election will be held on September 25.
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