Kolkata, Dec. 22 -- West Bengal Chief Mnister Mamata Banerjee came down heavily on the Election Commission on Monday, alleging that the poll body was "only doing touting for the BJP and running things in an unplanned manner."Addressing an open conference of the Booth Level Assistants (BLA) of the TMC, Banerjee accused the Commission of acting at the behest of the ruling party at the Centre and creating large-scale harassment of genuine voters in the name of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
"I haven't seen such a callous Election Commission in all my life. They are only doing limitless touting," Banerjee said, questioning the intent and execution of the ongoing revision exercise.
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