KOLKATA, April 15: The TMC on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of India of carrying out a “selective witch-hunt” by ordering checks on its leaders while allegedly ignoring similar instances involving BJP functionaries.
Sharing a video clip of BJP leaders being caught with cash on its official X handle, TMC said, “In a WhatsApp circular, the EC has ordered intrusive checks on all protectees of TMC, barring only the Chief Minister, including the wife of Shri @abhishekaitc. Yet the same Commission maintains a criminal silence when BJP leaders are caught red-handed with unaccounted cash. Why this selective witch-hunt? Why is no similar degree of scrutiny being applied to BJP leaders and their protectees?”
IANS could not independently verify the contents of the video and cannot confirm its authenticity.
In the social media post, the TMC questioned why convoys of BJP ministers were not subjected to checks like those ordered for vehicles of Trinamool leaders. “Why are the convoys of Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, BJP Chief Ministers, and Ministers not being stopped and searched for illicit money being pumped into Bengal? What magical immunity protects them? Nothing, except the fact that the Election Commission has become their personal pet,” it said. (IANS)
