Kolkata, Dec. 22 -- : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday mounted a sweeping and sharply worded attack on the Election Commission and the union government, accusing the poll body of functioning as an "agent of the BJP" and alleging that the country was being run in an authoritarian manner under the control of Amit Shah.
Addressing an open conference of Booth Level Assistants (BLAs) of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata, Banerjee alleged that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in West Bengal was being conducted in a "callous, unplanned and autocratic" manner.
"I haven't seen such a callous Election Commission in all my life. They are only doing limitless touting...