The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday suspended Vivek Sahay IPS, Director of Security, for the security lapse that led to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s injury during her election campaign in Nandigram this week.
EC move came hours after it ruled that the incident was more likely an accident and not an attack as claimed by the TMC.
The party, however, said it disagreed with the Election Commission’s observation and demanded a high-level probe into the incident, insisting the inquiry by election observers lacks credibility.
However, party spokesperson Sougata Roy expressed satisfaction that the EC agreed that there were security lapses and took action against some officials.
Besides, a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) West Bengal delegation met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata on Sunday demanding the medical report of Chief Minister Mamata Mamata Banerjee to be made public.
“Mamata Banerjee first called it an attack, then accident and today she took out a procession. Her medical report should be made public as we suspect that doctors were influenced”, BJP MP Arjun Singh told mediapersons after the meeting.