The Election Commission (EC) has sought more details on West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee’s alleged attack incident, saying that the report submitted by State chief secretary on her injuries was sketchy and not comprehensive enough.
The EC has asked State chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay to furnish more details to elaborate on the incident further. On the hand, the special observers in their report has ruled the possibility that the injury was the result of an attack. Stating that there is no evidence of an attack on CM’s convoy, the their report said she was in the midst of heavy police cover at the time of the incident.
“The report submitted by the West Bengal Government appeared to be quite sketchy and without any details of the incident like how it happened or who could be behind it,” an officials of the EC. Meanwhile, the EC special observers have sought another day to submit their report, which has been allowed by the poll body.
Meanwhile, in a report to the EC, West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay reported to have stated that injury to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s leg in Nandigram was caused due to the car door but the report does not clearly mention what led to the door slamming on Mamata Banerjee’s leg.
In addition, the Chief Secretary’s report also mentions that a massive crowd had gathered on the road in Nandigram when the incident took place on March 10.On the other hand, the report does say that an iron pole was not far from CM Mamata Banerjee’s car but does not clearly say if the door of the vehicles closed on her leg after brushing against the pole. The report also mentioned that there was no clear footage available of the spot where the incident took place from anywhere in the vicinity,
Following the incident, the Election Commission had asked Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, special observer Ajay Nayak and special police observer Vivek Dube to submit a report by Friday evening.