Delhi Police detain TMC leaders sitting on protest outside ECI office
PTC News Desk: The Delhi Police detained several Trinamool Congress leaders on Monday as they protested outside the Election Commission office in the national capital, demanding a change of guard in central agencies such as the CBI, NIA, ED, and Income Tax Department.
The Trinamool delegation has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government of misusing federal probe agencies and has urged the poll body to ensure a level playing field for all political parties ahead of the upcoming general elections.
"We have appealed to the Election Commission to change the chiefs of NIA, CBI, ED and Income Tax and we are sitting on a 24-hour peaceful protest with this demand," Dola Sen, TMC MP, told reporters.
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A 10-member All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) delegation left Kolkata airport today for Delhi to meet with the polling body's full bench.
The Rajya Sabha MP also stated that the arrest of two TMC workers by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) last week was not only unethical but also illegal.
"They are also arresting several workers of our party through the NIA. The day before yesterday they arrested two of our workers in Purba Medinipur. Did the NIA suddenly remember a case from 2022 just before the 2024 polls? This is not only unethical but also illegal," the TMC leader said.
Derek O'Brien, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale, and Sagarika Ghose were part of the TMC leaders' delegation.
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