Abhishek Banerjee Raises Alarm Over Possible Theft of Election Documents
Abhishek Banerjee warns of potential theft of crucial election documents in a letter to the Election Commission of India.
Kolkata, November 12 (Daily Kiran) : Abhishek Banerjee, the general secretary of the Trinamool Congress and MP from Diamond Harbour, sent a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday, expressing concerns that important documents related to the party’s original name, “All India Trinamool Congress” (TMC), and its election symbol, “flower and grass,” may have been stolen or destroyed.
Banerjee, who is also the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, communicated these worries through his lawyer to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. Copies of the letter were also sent to Mamata Banerjee, Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand, and Chief Electoral Officer Neelam Meena.
In the letter, Banerjee’s lawyer accused assailants of attacking the MP’s residence in Kalighat, South Kolkata, during the night of November 6-7. He described the incident as part of a premeditated plot aimed at seizing affidavits and documents prepared by the TMC for submission to the ECI. These documents are crucial for asserting the party’s claim to its original name and symbol.
The letter further claimed that, shortly before the attack, unidentified individuals used a police vehicle to surveil the MP’s residence and took photographs. Similar surveillance incidents were reported on November 10 and 11.
Additionally, Banerjee’s lawyer stated that West Bengal government officials arrived at the MP’s home on Thursday morning and forcibly removed a security gate that had been installed by the police.
Given the previous attacks and ongoing surveillance, the removal of the gate has raised serious concerns about the MP’s safety and the security of the documents related to pending cases with the Election Commission.
This development follows accusations made last month by Ritabrata Banerjee, a leader of the Democratic Trinamool Congress (DTC) and the current opposition leader in the West Bengal Assembly, who alleged that the TMC was attempting to steal important affidavits meant for the ECI. Abhishek Banerjee’s recent letter has added a new twist to this unfolding situation.
