Mamata Banerjee, CPI(M) bridge decades-old divide over Election Commission concerns
The rare call followed concerns that the Election Commission ignored objections from its own members, prompting urgent talks among opposition parties.
- On Friday, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke with CPI general secretary M.A. Baby, converging on the 'declining credibility' of the Election Commission in an unprecedented call.
- Their cooperation follows a September 23 Indian Express report alleging Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar ignored objections from Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised 14 times in 10 months.
- Baby, who wrote to INDIA bloc and non-aligned parties, described the EC's conduct as an 'extraordinary situation' requiring urgent defense of 'constitutional values' and 'citizens' right to vote'.
- Banerjee subsequently urged Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to convene an immediate INDIA bloc meeting, while Opposition parties demanded removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and a Supreme Court-supervised probe.
- The unified opposition strategy aims to challenge the EC's Special Intensive Revision process, occurring as the Trinamool Congress faces an existential crisis following recent assembly election defeats.
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Discussions have intensified within opposition parties regarding CEC Gyanesh Kumar. CPM General Secretary MA Baby and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee discussed action against the CEC, electoral reforms, and uniting opposition parties. Letters have also been sent to other parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party, BJD, BRS, DMK, and TVK, seeking a joint strategy.
Mamata Banerjee, CPI(M) bridge decades-old divide over Election Commission concerns
The chief of the Mamata Trinamool Congress is one of the first leaders to respond to CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby’s appeal for a broader Opposition consultation on issues surrounding the EC
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has responded positively to the Left parties’ outreach for wider Opposition cooperation, CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby told The Federal. The Left is looking to build the broadest possible alliance against the ruling NDA on the issue at hand. “When we wrote to the TMC, Mamata Banerjee got back to us with a reply and followed it up with a phone call. She was ve…
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