Goa Elections 2022: TMC delegation meets Election Commission
A delegation from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met with the Election Commission (EC) in Delhi to discuss the upcoming Goa assembly elections.
"On January 21, a team from EC raided the TMC party office in Goa at around 11 pm and vandalised hoardings and flexes while the office staff was kept on hold. Our meeting with the Election Commission was regarding that incident. We spoke for 25 minutes", said TMC MP Saugata Roy.
"We told the EC that despite being aware of the new TMC office in Goa, vandalisation on their part was not right", claimed Roy adding that there has been an instance of throwing ink on Mamata Banerjee's photo, earlier.
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The Goa TMC is in charge. Sourabh Chakraborty claims he was "made to exit the vehicle and searched."
"We don't want EC to attack us in this way," Roy stated. According to him, the EC raided the party office in response to a complaint. "We have no idea who filed the complaint."
"In Goa, there is a rule that you must obtain prior consent before putting a hoarding. We sought their permission, and they gave us 90% approval to put up banners," the MP stated.
"We have asked them to stop midnight raids and we will inform in case of further problem in Goa," he added.
The EC has assured the party of fair and free assembly elections in Goa, said Saugata Roy.
"The Election Commission has told us that the elections will be free and fair and that they will be vigilant (as they were in our case) whenever any similar complaint is made about other parties," TMC MP Santanu Sen said after meeting with the EC in Delhi.
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