NEW DELHI: All India Trinamool Congress on Sunday filed a complaint with Election Commission of India (ECI) accusing National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma and BJP leaders including Piyali Das of committing ‘criminal conspiracy by exploiting innocent women’ of West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali for political gains.
In its complaint, the party sought criminal proceedings against Sharma and Das for “commission of serious offences of forgery, cheating, fraud, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy upon innocent women of Sandeshkhali and the entire electorate in general”.
“This is to draw your urgent attention to a deeply distressing turn of events, wherein, BJP leaders along with member(s) of the NCW have criminally conspired against the entire electorate and hence, warrants your immediate intervention,” the letter read.
The party claimed that that a woman from Sandeshkhali accused Sharma and Das forced her to sign a blank paper without knowing its purpose.
“Later, when the police issued her a notice, she learnt that she had been made a de-facto complainant in a rape case. She realised that her signature was used to file a false rape complaint without her consent,” it added.
“Such an act of obtaining a signature on blank paper through coercion to file a false rape complaint is not only an abuse of law and power, but also amounts to offences of forgery, cheating, fraud, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy. The exploitation of women for political gain is a reprehensible tactic that undermines their rights and dignity. Such manipulation not only violates the rights of these women but also damages the integrity of democratic institutions,” TMC said in its complaint.
The ruling party said that such illegal acts have caused terror in the minds of the general public West Bengal amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The party also alleged that BJP peddled the false narrative of Sandeshkhali, holding the AITC responsible for this incident, is intended solely to malign the image of the AITC
In its complaint, TMC also demanded the poll body to issue strict directions to respective Station House Officers of competent police stations to initiate criminal proceedings against Rekha Sharma, Piyali Das, and other unknown BJP leaders for their role in the commission of the aforesaid offences of forgery, cheating, fraud, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy.
It has also asked to issue directions restraining the BJP and its leaders from making any further false allegations concerning the Sandeshkhali incident, as the evidence shows that they were spreading orchestrated, manufactured and unverified allegations against the ruling party and its leaders.
The TMC also sought orders restraining the BJP and its leaders from making any further false allegations concerning the Sandeshkhali incident.
Earlier, a sting operation video has stirred up the controversy in Sandeshkhali. In the alleged video, a person, purportedly a BJP Mandal (booth) president named Gangadhar Koyal is heard saying that Sandeshkhali women, who weren’t sexually assaulted, were projected as ‘rape’ victims at the behest of the Leader of Opposition.
In its complaint, the party sought criminal proceedings against Sharma and Das for “commission of serious offences of forgery, cheating, fraud, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy upon innocent women of Sandeshkhali and the entire electorate in general”.
“This is to draw your urgent attention to a deeply distressing turn of events, wherein, BJP leaders along with member(s) of the NCW have criminally conspired against the entire electorate and hence, warrants your immediate intervention,” the letter read.
The party claimed that that a woman from Sandeshkhali accused Sharma and Das forced her to sign a blank paper without knowing its purpose.
“Later, when the police issued her a notice, she learnt that she had been made a de-facto complainant in a rape case. She realised that her signature was used to file a false rape complaint without her consent,” it added.
“Such an act of obtaining a signature on blank paper through coercion to file a false rape complaint is not only an abuse of law and power, but also amounts to offences of forgery, cheating, fraud, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy. The exploitation of women for political gain is a reprehensible tactic that undermines their rights and dignity. Such manipulation not only violates the rights of these women but also damages the integrity of democratic institutions,” TMC said in its complaint.
The ruling party said that such illegal acts have caused terror in the minds of the general public West Bengal amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The party also alleged that BJP peddled the false narrative of Sandeshkhali, holding the AITC responsible for this incident, is intended solely to malign the image of the AITC
In its complaint, TMC also demanded the poll body to issue strict directions to respective Station House Officers of competent police stations to initiate criminal proceedings against Rekha Sharma, Piyali Das, and other unknown BJP leaders for their role in the commission of the aforesaid offences of forgery, cheating, fraud, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy.
It has also asked to issue directions restraining the BJP and its leaders from making any further false allegations concerning the Sandeshkhali incident, as the evidence shows that they were spreading orchestrated, manufactured and unverified allegations against the ruling party and its leaders.
The TMC also sought orders restraining the BJP and its leaders from making any further false allegations concerning the Sandeshkhali incident.
Earlier, a sting operation video has stirred up the controversy in Sandeshkhali. In the alleged video, a person, purportedly a BJP Mandal (booth) president named Gangadhar Koyal is heard saying that Sandeshkhali women, who weren’t sexually assaulted, were projected as ‘rape’ victims at the behest of the Leader of Opposition.