Mamata Banerjee isn’t the only one pointing fingers at the poll panel for the timing of the campaign restriction. “If situation in Bengal is so severe that campaigning must be stopped, why is EC waiting until tomorrow? Isn’t it unprecedented that EC claims it’s an unprecedented situation in West Bengal but yet is waiting for PM to complete his public meetings?,” he tweeted. Because Modi knows I’m challenging him, he is scared of me and the Bengal people,” she said. West Bengal state has been hit by repeated violence between the two parties during the six-week-long election that ends Sunday.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2019 16:32 UTC