Samajwadi Party national vice president Kiranmoy Nanda has filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (EC) over West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s convoy being blocked in Varanasi on March 2. Mamata Banerjee went to Varanasi to show support for the Samajwadi Party amid the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election.
Holding the BJP supporters responsible for the incident, Kiranmoy Nanda sought action and urged the poll panel to direct the administration to take action against the accused.
“The BJP supporters were armed with lathis and other objects. After they stopped the convoy, they banged the car of the chief minister with lathis. They abused her and raised inflammatory slogans,” he wrote to the Election Commission. He alleged that the objects were hurled at Mamata Banerjee with the intention of causing severe injuries to her.
“The local police tried to disperse the crow but could not provide adequate protection for her. This continued for about 30 minutes. The incident which appears to be pre-meditated and pre-planned is extremely serious and could have resulted in grievous harm to the chief minister of West Bengal, a Z+ protectee,” Kiranmoy Nanda said.
He blamed the state police for the incident and said, “There was a failure of the intelligence of state police who also failed to make adequate police arrangements for her visit.”
