Congress questions EC curtailing campaigning in West Bengal

The Congress today questioned the independence and fairness of the Election Commission over its order prohibiting and restricting the campaigning in West Bengal in view of violence in the state. 

Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said in New Delhi that the poll body is working under the pressure of BJP and has abdicated its



Constitutional duty. 

He said, the Election Commission's order seems aiming solely at giving a free pass to the public rallies of the Prime Minister at Mathurapur and Dum Dum today. 

Mr Surjewala said, BJP led by its President Amit Shah is responsible for Tuesday's violence during his roadshow in Kolkata.