‘No effort to incite people against CAPFs’: Mamata Banerjee replies to EC notice

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who was served notice by the Election Commission of India (ECI) over her remarks on Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), said there was no attempt to threaten, incite or influence the electorate against the force and any allegations to the contrary were ‘unfounded’ and ‘denied’.
“In my speech, I had only called upon the voters, specifically voters who are women to protect (democratically by gherao) if and when somebody (including CAPF) created any obstruction in their right to vote,” she said, adding that gherao is one of the democratic ways of registering public protest.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee replies to Election Commission notice to her on her remarks on CAPFs. She states, “There has been no effort to incite/influence the electorate against CAPFs. It is clear I haven’t violated Model Code of Conduct.”