A contentious meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the Election Commission of India on Wednesday turned heated, with the TMC alleging it was told to “get lost” during the brief interaction.
The poll panel reportedly said that TMC MP Derek O'Brien was asked to maintain decorum.
The TMC claimed that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asked its representatives to “get lost” at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the poll panel accused the delegation of raising their voices and behaving disruptively.
The Election Commission has issued a firm warning to the Trinamool Congress ahead of the upcoming West Bengal polls, stressing that the electoral process must remain free from malpractice.
Tensions between the TMC and the EC have increased over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the TMC alleging that the EC is biased in favour of the opposition BJP to remove voters from the list.
