Ghosh's remarks come a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a crucial meeting with BJP MPs, MLAs and former MPs in the state, signalling renewed organisational activity ahead of the elections.
After Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of facilitating "vote theft," BJP leader Priyanka Tibrewal alleged that Bangladeshi infiltrators had been given voter ID card, Aadhaar card and were made voters of the TMC.
Politics in West Bengal has heated up ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections this year. Union Minister Amit Shah gave the clarion call for the polls to BJP workers in the state during his three-day visit to Kolkata.
Senior Trinamool Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Majeed Memon on Thursday backed party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's criticism of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, alleging bias on the part of the Election Commission.
BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday strongly criticised Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's remarks following a party delegation's meeting with the Election Commission, calling it an open insult to democracy and the Constitution.
The TMC was formed on January 1, 1998, after Banerjee broke away from the Congress following ideological and political differences. From a fledgling regional party, the TMC rose to national party status in 2016. In 2011, it brought an end to the 34-year-long Left Front rule in West Bengal
In a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and also the Election Commission over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of misusing institutions and said the people in Bengal are wit
ECI said that the TMC delegation has been told that polling stations will be set up in n high-rise buildings, gated communities, and slums to facilitate voting during the assembly elections.
A Trinamool Congress delegation met the Election Commission on Wednesday and discussed about 10 issues, including the SIR being held in West Bengal, with party leader Abhishek Banerjee stating later that "there was no concrete answer to anything".
A 10-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will meet Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi on Wednesday, a party press note said.
Banerjee referred to statements by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj and Ranaghat MP Jagannath Sarkar, claiming that Maharaj had described Amit Shah as an "infiltrator."