Doubling down on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s attack on the Election Commission a day ago, TMC leader in Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday accused the poll panel of compromising its constitutional neutrality and playing a “shameless role” in trying to disenfranchise genuine voters in West Bengal.

Speaking to mediapersons before leaving for Delhi to attend a dinner at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s residence, where Opposition leaders are expected to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and deliberate on a joint vice-presidential candidate, Abhishek alleged that the EC had overstepped its constitutional boundaries to give political advantage to the BJP.

“The EC must understand and realise that it is an impartial and unbiased organisation and it has to operate within the ambit of the Constitution,” Banerjee said.

Alleging that the EC has become a tool in the hands of the BJP, he said, “Now the EC has taken a role to snatch the voting rights of voters. They are going overboard. The work they have started over the past 3-4 months, when the Bengal election is still 10-11 months away, clearly shows that they are not going to let an elected government function.” —With PTI Input