Mamata Banerjee writes to Election Commission ahead of the final phase of voting in the Lok Sabha polls
Kolkata, May 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to the Election Commission and asked them to conduct "peaceful and impartial" voting in the Lok Sabha Polls in the state during the last phase of the democratic process.
West Bengal will join the remaining of the country to vote in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday.
"In the final phase of the election tomorrow, I would request your good office to kindly ensure that election is completed peacefully, impartially and without any undue interference of the Central government and any intervention by the ruling party at the centre," West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote in her letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora.
She urged the commission to "protect democratic institutions and the federal structure" of the nation.
Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee sent a defamation notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly making derogatory remarks against him during the BJP strongman's rally in Diamond Harbour this week.
Modi visited West Bengal and addressed a poll rally in Diamond Harbour on May 15.
Attacking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Avishek Banerjee vehemently at the rally in Diamond Harbour in West Bengal on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the reign of terror and cries of revenge on the BJP would soon be answered with change in power by the state's people.
Attacking Mamata Banerjee as well as her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, on whose constituency the rally was held by Modi, the PM said the former were indulging in tolabazzi (extortion), corruption to amass money, and even usurping roads to build their offices besides allowing infiltration.
Counting of votes will take place on May 23.
West Bengal has witnessed violence in all the six phase of the polling.
Abhishek is the sitting MP from Diamond Harbour.
He is also contesting the polls for TMC from the seat.
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