Mamata blames EC for taking judicial officers hostage in Malda, says ‘Super President’s rule’ here, administration is not in my hands

New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over the incident of taking hostage of 7 election observers associated with SIR in Malda district of West Bengal. After this, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has distanced herself from the Malda incident. He said law and order was no longer in their hands and blamed the Election Commission for failing to protect officials.

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that I do not know who is responsible for this. No one informed me. Administration is not in my hands. Law and order in the state is in the hands of the Election Commission (EC). They listen to Home Minister Amit Shah. Everything is changed. My powers have been handed over to the Election Commission (EC). This is ‘Super President’s Rule’.

CM Banerjee said that the Election Commission (EC) has completely failed to control law and order. CM said that all my powers have been taken away. “I came to know (about the hostages) from a journalist at midnight,” the Chief Minister said at an election rally in Murshidabad district. She further said, but I understand why people are angry?

Supreme Court expressed displeasure

Let us tell you that people angry over the removal of names from the voter list in West Bengal had taken seven judicial officers hostage. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi took suo motu cognizance of the issue and heard it this morning. The court also remarked that everyone in West Bengal speaks only political language. Chief Justice Kant told Advocate General Kishore Dutta of West Bengal that it is the most polarized state.

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The Court said in its order that this incident is not only a despicable attempt to intimidate the judicial officers, but also challenges the authority of this Court. This was not an ordinary incident, but appears to be a well-planned conspiracy to demoralize the judicial officers and stop the ongoing process of disposal of objections in pending cases. We will not allow anyone to take the law into their own hands to interfere and carry out psychological attacks on the minds of judicial officers. This is also a breach of duty by the West Bengal government and the authorities will have to explain the reason why they did not ensure safe evacuation of the officers despite receiving information.