Kolkata, March 9 Alleging that the BJP and "its agencies" were distributing leaflets at the site of her protest in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday directed TMC workers to apprehend them and hand them over to the police.
Banerjee, who has been staging the protest at Dharmatala in the city center for the past three days over the SIR exercise, also directed state minister Shashi Panja to file a police complaint in the matter.
She was apparently referring to leaflets publicizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Kolkata on March 14, which were allegedly being distributed there.
"They have no right to distribute such leaflets at the events of another political party. Apprehend them and hand them over to the police," she told her supporters.
Banerjee alleged that the BJP was trying to manipulate the electoral process.
"They don't have the support of the people. They are 'vote thieves'. They use agencies," she alleged.
She also claimed that those involved in distributing the leaflets had fled after being confronted.
