"Till such time the reports are available to the Commission, it will not be possible to draw any empirical conclusion let alone start linking it to the removal of earlier DGP Virender", ECI says.
ECI says, "DGP wasn't removed without any application of mind. It was the outcome of the recommendation given by Special Observers. Yesterday, also when the Commission became aware of the incident, a report was immediately sought from WB Chief Secretary andSpecial Observers within 48 hours."
Election Commission says that it is indeed an "unfortunate incidentand needs to be inquired into with promptitude and dispatch".
It added that it is completely incorrect to suggest that "Commission has taken over law andorder machinery in the state in the name of conducting elections and appropriated whole governance structure".
The Election Commission on Thursday sent a strongly-worded letter to the Trinamool Congress on its memorandum over injuries to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during campaign, saying it looks "undignified to even respond" to allegations that the poll panel is doing things in the state at the behest of a "particular party".
The EC said at the outset, it needs to be stated that injuries sustained by Banerjee at Nandigram "is indeed an unfortunate incident and deserves to be inquired into with promptitude and dispatch." (PTI)
The TMC on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah "lacked the courtesy" to enquire about the health condition of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who sustained injuries in Nandigram during a poll campaign the day before.
Party's Secretary General Partha Chatterjee told reporters here that it would have taken a few minutes for the two BJP heavyweights to call up and find out about the TMC supremo's wellbeing, but none of them made an effort. (PTI)