Sushil Chandra

ECI bars Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours

During the West Bengal assembly election, the Commission barred Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning from 8 pm on 12 April to 8 pm on 13 April 2021. It cited her 7 April appeal to Muslim voters not to split their vote and her 8 April remarks about central forces. It called her handwritten reply factually incorrect and without evidence.

Banerjee held a dharna in protest against the order.

• TIER 3 · PRESSEC bans Mamata Banerjee from election campaigning for 24 hours