Bangla Hunt,Pallab Ghosh
Elections 2019 has been marked with a couple of firsts…
The hate speech by any state chief minister
CM abusing the chair of Prime Minister
CM calling PM by numerous names
CM threatening to slap PM
PM engaging in verbal altercation
Asansol Trinamool candidate said was unaware of violence as she woke up late
In what can be termed as the last straw to break the camel’s back is the Election Commission (EC) imposing Article 324 in the state. Well, no prizes for guessing, all these have taken place in Bengal.
Experts, opine that it’s for the first time in the history of elections in India such stand has been taken by the EC. In the past state like Bihar had hit the headlines over malpractices in elections but even then EC never imposed Section 324.
What is Article 324 and why Mamata Banerjee is fuming?
Imposition of Article 324 will ensure the campainging ends a day before the scheduled deadline. This would mean campaigning will end on Thursday at 10 PM in all the nine constituencies across West Bengal. The scheduled deadline was Friday 5 PM.
The Commission has cited the ongoing violence between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool behind this stringent action. According to EC this has been done to ensure security in the state.
Immediately, after the announcement, state chief minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee held a press conference and fumed over the announcement. She accused the BJP President Amit Shah behind the entire development and refused to accept the mass rigging, violence that took place in all the six phases of elections in the state.
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