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# % RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718 Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 &'()"* '!+!'+, '+-./0 !" #$!#%" &&!' " R each other of causing disrup- State of West Bengal during the elections in the larger interest, tion and violence during polit- ongoing Lok Sabha elections. hereby directs that no person he Election Commission ical campaigns in the ongoing As per the EC order, the shall convene, hold, attend, Ton Wednesday took an Lok Sabha polls. prohibition will come into join or address any public unprecedented decision to end A TMC delegation com- effect from 10 pm on May 16 meeting or propagate any elec- campaigning in nine parlia- prising Derek O’Brien, and will continue till the con- tion matter,” the order read. mentary constituencies in West Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Manish clusion of voting. Earlier, intensifying its Bengal on Thursday night (10 Gupta, Nadimul Haque met the The nine affected con- attack on the BJP over the des- pm) a day before its scheduled EC accusing the BJP of dese- stituencies include Dumdum, ecration of Vidyasagar’s bust, deadline for the last phase of cration of statute of social Barasat, Basirghat, Jaynagar, O’Brien said, “The video not the election on May 19, in the reformer Ishwar Chandra Mathurapur, Diamond only clearly establishes what the wake of violence between the Vidyasagar during the violence Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata BJP did, but proves that its chief BJP and Trinamool Congress in Kolkata. TMC leaders also Dakshin and Kolkata Uttar. Amit Shah is a liar and dhoke- (TMC) workers in Kolkata. released videos to claim “BJP “During last 24 hours, repre- baaz (betrayer)”. Workers of the BJP and the goons” damaged the statue and sentatives of various political “The streets of Kolkata are TMC on Tuesday fought submitted “proof” in support of parties have met the tinged with shock and anger. pitched battles on the streets of their claim to the poll body. Commission and expressed What happened yesterday Kolkata during a massive road- Earlier, a BJP delegation their concerns on the prevail- (Tuesday) hurt Bengali pride,” show by BJP chief Amit Shah. urged the EC to bar West ing conditions of law and the TMC leader said In a separate order, the EC Bengal Chief Minister Mamata orders. These campaign relat- The reaction from the also shunted out top bureau- Banerjee from campaigning in ed incidents are creating an TMC came close on the heels crats ADG (CID) Rajeev the State and alleged “consti- atmosphere of fear and hatred of Shah accusing TMC of Kumar and State Principal tutional machinery” has col- in the polling areas which is indulging in violence in the Secretary (Home) Atteya lapsed there. affecting the overall electoral State and alleged that the poll Bhattacharya with immediate In its order, the EC said it environment,” the EC said in panel has been a “mute effect. Kumar has been direct- has been brought to the notice the order. spectator”. P ed to report to the Ministry of of the EC that there have been “Therefore the EC in exer- Home Affairs. growing incidents of disruption cise of its powers under Article Both the TMC and the BJP and violence during political 324 of the Constitution to approached the EC accusing campaigns/processions in the ensure free, fair and peaceful Q R R Addressing a huge election neer of the Bengal renaissance Telangana, Odisha and Bihar. rally at Agarpara under Dum had fought for women’s edu- In UP which used to be their day after BJP workers tak- Dum parliamentary con- cation, widow remarriage, get- mainstay, they will not get Aing part in Amit Shah’s stituency, the TMC chief said, ting the British to enact laws on more than 17 seats. So their roadshow allegedly stoned “Yesterday’s attack was a well- the subjects. chances of returning to power Calcutta University and ran- planned criminal conspiracy Soon after the Agarapara are almost nil.” sacked the Vidyasagar College hatched by the BJP,” reminding rally, the Chief Minister walked Accusing Prime Minister Q vandalising his statue, West the people would see a “saffron a 6-km mega roadshow with Narendra Modi of peddling Bengal Chief Minister and holocaust” if they brought the several thousand supporters lies, Mamata said, “I have seen TMC chief Mamata Banerjee BJP to power again. chanting anti-Modi slogans many Prime Ministers but I held a mega roadshow and Referring to a video and sporting masks of Bengali have never seen a liar PM like launched a vitriolic attack on footage of a local BJP leader — cultural icons like Vidyasagar, this man who talks big but R the “saffron gang”. in which he is shown directing Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji reneges on his promises.” Mamata accused the BJP of his people to attack the TMC Subhas Chandra Bose, Kazi On the NRC, she said, planning the Tuesday’s skir- and police — going viral, she Najrul Islam and others. “He is talking about invoking R mish that apart from “destroy- said, “I am sure that the entire On the BJP’s chances of NRC in Bengal but I dare him ing the State’s rich politico-cul- BJP leadership, including its coming back to power, Mamata do so. Touch the Bengalis and tural heritage” left many peo- president and those below him, said, “They are spending cash then see what happens. You ple injured. was involved in the criminal like anything to win the elec- have already thrown 20 lakh day after the City of Joy In a smart political move, conspiracy to malign and ter- tions but one is sure they will Hindu Bengalis and 22 lakh Asaw alleged BJP supporters Mamata on Wednesday raised rorise Bengal. But I am also not return to power because Muslim Bengalis apart from vandalising Ishwar Chandra the issue of “Bengali pride” and sure that the people of the State they will get zero seats in many Biharis and UP wallas Vidyasagar’s Statue inside a attacked the BJP leaders for will never tolerate this.” emancipation in India should Tamil Nadu, Kerala Andhra out of the citizenship list. I am North Kolkata college, Prime insulting the State’s pioneer It was an “irony that a tall have been insulted like this on Pradesh, some parts of told that this is one reason that Minister Narendra Modi and renaissance personalities like icon like Vidyasagar, who was his 200th anniversary,” she Maharashtra. They will fare your party will not do well even BJP chief Amit Shah on Vidyasagar. responsible for the women’s said, reminding how the pio- poorly in Gujarat, MP, in Assam.” Wednesday insisted that the whole episode was a handiwork of TMC goons, who committed the sin and were now framing the BJP workers. In an attempt to turn the responsibility of the Tuesday’s to Left and rushed to Chennai “All have a common agen- bedlam on the TMC chief, the to meet DMK chief M da, be it BJD, TRS or any Prime Minister, who was ith the possibility of a Karunanidhi once the results other as they would never like speaking at an election rally at Wfractured mandate loom- suggested that Atal Bihari to part of the arrogant BJP-led Taki in Basirhat, said, “Mamata ing large, UPA chairperson Vajpayee could not form the Modi Government. Didi had declared publicly two Sonia Gandhi has started call- Government in 2004. Some of them already in days ago that she will take ing up Opposition leaders “While she reached to NDA and feeling suffocated for revenge. She fulfilled her agen- requesting their “availability” Harkishen Singh Surjit in a long may switch over sides post da within 24 hours, BJP presi- Saying that by jailing the and nervousness, Modi said, and “accessibility” in Delhi hospital, she rushed to DMK the May 23 afternoon,” said a dent Amit Shah’s roadshow daughters “you are only pro- “This anger will fetch us more post the last phase of Lok even after having long differ- top Congress leader. was attacked.” voking them to rise up in and more seats, perhaps Sabha polls on May 19. ences with them,” said a senior Sonia due to ill health had Referring to how a woman revolt against you”, he said, “I we will cross 300 seats this time AICC sources confirmed leader. not been quite active in this was jailed in Bengal for sharing am sure they will rise up and round.” the former Congress chief who The entire exercise is being Lok Sabha polls leaving the a meme on Mamata, Modi throw you out of power.” In Delhi, accusing had taken the lead in the for- done to get the first invite entire campaign on her chil- said, “Didi, you get so much The people had voted Didi Trinamool Congress of inciting mation of UPA in 2004 has from President Ram Nath dren — party chief Rahul angry for a mere picture! But I to power with love but she is violence during his roadshow been active from the confines Kovind to form theGandhi and general secretary call you upon to make an misusing that power and treat- in Kolkata on Wednesday, BJP of her 10 Janpath to bring all Government. Sources said the Priyanka Gandhi. obscene picture of me and ing the people as her servants. president Amit Shah alleged UPA allies, even regional Congress has taken the initia- Soon after the third phase present it at my residence in They will surely punish you for that the Election Commission heavyweights and neutral play- tive in calling for this meeting of polls, select group of Delhi after I come to power this, Modi said.