West Bengal Polls 2021: EC To Visit Nandigram Post Attack On Mamata Banerjee

Amid the continuing row over the alleged assault on West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, a group of the Election Commission will go to Nandigram on Friday to take inventory of the state of affairs within the wake of the untoward incident.

Special Police Observer Vivek Dubey will go to Nandigram on Friday morning. He might be accompanied by Ajay Nayek, who has been appointed by the ballot physique as Special General Observer for West Bengal.

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The duo, who will first be visiting the place in Nandigram the place the alleged incident occurred, may even conduct a gathering with District Magistrate Vibhu Goel and Superintendent of Police Praveen Prakash moreover different senior officers.  

The assembly assumes significance because the Election Commission had earlier on Wednesday night time sought detailed studies on the incident from West Bengal Chief Secretary Allapan Bandyopadhyay, the Special Police Observer and the Special General Observer.

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This comes because the TMC chief is presently beneath commentary at Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital. Earlier on Wednesday, she sustained accidents on her left leg and waist as she fell on the bottom after she was allegedly pushed by unknown miscreants whereas campaigning for the meeting elections in Nandigram.

Preliminary medical exams carried out on the Chief Minister detected extreme bone accidents in her left ankle and foot moreover accidents in the proper shoulder, forearm and neck.

The TMC supremo had on Wednesday filed her nomination to contest the following meeting elections from the Nandigram seat the place she is locked in a bitter contest in opposition to her one-time aide turned BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari.

The West Bengal Assembly polls might be held in eight phases starting March 27 and ending on April 29. The outcomes might be declared on May 2.