Opposition spreading canards to stay in limelight: Trinamool

Refuting allegations of post-poll violence against cadres of opposition parties in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress today accused opposition of "spreading canards to remain in the limelight" after their 'humiliating' defeat in the Assembly elections.
"Those who are talking about democracy should know we have lost nine of our workers during the elections. They should also know that the people of Bengal have given a resounding verdict in favour of TMC. They should stop leveling baseless allegations against the party," Trinamool Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said.
The CPI(M)-led Left Front and Congress leaders had met the Governor yesterday and submitted a memorandum on post-poll violence across the state.

Trinamool Congress also accused a section of officials appointed by the Election Commission of not working in an impartial manner during the polls.
"Since the elections are over and we have got 211 seats, we would like to say that some officials assigned by the EC did not work impartially during the elections," alleged TMC vice president Mukul Roy.
"An official of the CRPF who was in-charge of the central armed police force during the polls, was a blue-eyed boy of Left leaders during the Left Front regime. It is due to the excesses of CRPF, we got two to three per cent less votes," he claimed.

The Left Front-Congress alliance managed to bag only 76 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections, whereas TMC won an overwhelming 211 seats in the 294-member House.