Reacting to the ban placed by the Election Commission on Mamata Banerjee for campaigning in the poll bound state West Bengal for next 24 hours, she called the decision ‘undemocratic and unconstitutional’.
She also said that she will protest the ban by staging a dharna, starting tomorrow noon.
In a tweet she wrote, “To protest against the undemocratic and unconstitutional decision of the Election Commission of India, I will sit on dharna tomorrow at Gandhi Murti, Kolkata from 12 noon.”
To protest against the undemocratic and unconstitutional decision of the Election Commission of India, I will sit on dharna tomorrow at Gandhi Murti, Kolkata from 12 noon.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) April 12, 2021
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday banned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in the ongoing state elections for 24 hours from 8 pm today and said she had made “highly insinuating and provocative remarks laden with the serious potential of the breakdown of law and order and thereby affecting the election process”.
The ban comes into force ahead of the fifth phase of assembly polls in the state on April 17.
The poll panel in its order condemned her statements” portent with serious law and order problems across the state (s)” and sternly warned her.
It advised her “to desist from using such statements while making public utterances during the period when Model Code of Conduct is in force.”
#BREAKING| Election Commission bans Mamata Banerjee for campaigning for 24 hrs starting 8pm tonight #MamataBanerjee #westbengalassemblyelection2021 pic.twitter.com/vXJEvOVZJn
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) April 12, 2021
“The Commission also imposes a ban of twenty-four hours on Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in any manner from 8 pm of April 12, 2021, till 8 pm of April 13, 2021,” the order said.
The Commission said it has carefully considered the matter and “is of the considered view that Ms Mamata Banerjee, who happens to be the Chief Minister of the state, has in violation of the provisions of Model Code of Conduct as well as Section 123 (3) and (3A) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and Sections 186, 189 and 505 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 made highly insinuating and provocative remarks laden with the serious potential of the breakdown of law and order and thereby affecting the election process”.
(With ANI Inputs)
