Kolkata, Jan. 31 -- Just two days ahead of her meeting with the country's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday raised serious objections to the deployment and role of micro-observers in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter rolls.
In a letter to Kumar, Banerjee alleging that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has overstepped its legal mandate and created a parallel decision-making structure without statutory backing.
Banerjee is scheduled to meet Kumar at the Election Commission headquarters in New Delhi on Monday.
However, 48 hours before the meeting, the Chief Minister escalated her attack on the poll panel by releasing her latest missive, sharply crit...