Mamata blames AIMIM, ISF, BJP,Congress for judicial officers’ gherao

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday blamed AIMIM and ISF for the gherao of judicial officers in Malda district and accused the Congress and the BJP of instigation. Stating that the mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of the judicial officers for several hours in Malda district's Mothabari was arrested by the state's CID, Banerjee claimed that this police organisation is still under her control and not of the Election Commission. "The BJP loaned him (the accused) from the AIMIM and brought him here," she alleged, while addressing an election rally at Harirampur in Dakshin Dinajpur district. “It is they who engineered the violence in Malda’s Mothabari,” she said. She questioned why the assembly polls cannot be conducted with the same electoral rolls, which were used in the 2024 general elections. “Money is being brought in using CRPF vehicles,” she alleged, claiming that she knows where these were going. “I have a record of these movements and will expose them at the appropriate time,” she said. Banerjee said that the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in West Bengal during the polls will lead to a reduction in the BJP’s vote share.

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“I condemn this incident. I understand that those whose votes have been removed are upset, and I agree with them. I also want your names to be included in the SIR list. The BJP has no real work and is busy filing charge sheets against the Trinamool,” Banerjee said.