New Delhi:
The Trinamool Congress will speak to other parties to discuss the possibility of making a move to impeach Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the bitter battle over the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal, where the assembly elections will be held soon, party sources said today.
The announcement comes a day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the top three Election Commission officials had a standoff in the poll body’s Delhi office.
Confirming the development today, Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee told reporters that Gyanesh Kumar’s manner of conducting the voter roll clean-up exercise was “incorrect”.
“We are considering impeaching the Chief Election Commissioner because of the way he is conducting the SIR, which is incorrect and affects the voting rights of every citizen in the country,” the MP told reporters in Delhi.
Earlier today, Mamata Banerjee held a press conference where she alleged the EC has been selectively using SIR to delete voters from assembly constituencies held by Trinamool MLAs.
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