The Election Commission of India (ECI) barred former Calcutta High Court decide and BJP Lok Sabha candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay from campaigning for twenty-four hours on Tuesday, following his derogatory remarks about Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee earlier this month. According to the ECI’s order, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who’s working for the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal’s East Midnapore District, has been barred from campaigning starting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday till 5 p.m. On Wednesday.
While addressing a oublic assembly in Haldia on May 15, Abhijit Gangopadhyay stated in Bengali, “Mamata Banerjee, how much are you being sold for? Why is your rate Rs 10 lakh? Beacuse Keya Seth is doing your makeup for you? Is Mamata Banerjee even a woman? Sometimes I can’t stop wondering.”
In response to a grievance from the Trinamool Congress, which accused the previous Calcutta HC Judge of creating disparaging remarks about Mamata Banerjee, the ECI issued a show-cause discover to him on May 17. Gangopadhyay responded to the show-case discover on May 20 inside the allotted timeframe. Â
According to insiders from the workplace of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, the fee determined to droop him from campaigning for twenty-four hours after reviewing his response. Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s demeaning remarks went viral after a video surfaced on-line the following day by which he could possibly be heard questioning how a lot CM Banerjee was promoting for. Tamluk, together with seven different Lok Sabha constituencies, will vote within the sixth part on May 25.
