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TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s post drew immediate condemnation from the BJP, which interpreted it as a veiled threat against the Election Commission of India
TMC MP Mahua Moitra shared the post on her social media, featuring an old photograph of a former Bangladesh election commissioner being detained by security personnel. (Image: PTI/File)
A political row erupted over the Trinamool Congress Mahua Moitra’s post about the arrest of a poll official in Bangladesh, which she captioned as “things to come”.
Moitra’s post drew immediate condemnation from the BJP, which interpreted it as a veiled threat against the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Moitra shared the post on her social media, featuring an old photograph of a former Bangladesh election commissioner being detained by security personnel. Her post was slammed by the BJP for specifically hinting at a potential “Dhaka-style” arrest of the chief election commissioner (CEC).
This comes from the opposition’s sustained political attack against the ongoing pan-India special intensive revision of electoral rolls as well as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” allegations. It has also alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is actively “colluding with the ruling BJP to rig upcoming elections”.
The image featured the Bangladesh poll official’s arrest in an election-manipulation case following anti-government protests and the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.
Senior TMC leaders defended Moitra, arguing that her post successfully highlighted the perceived “erosion of institutional neutrality” under the BJP-led government, as well as the “growing public concern over electoral transparency”.
WHAT DID THE BJP SAY?
The BJP has claimed that Mahua Moitra issued an “open threat to a constitutional authority”.
The saffron party accused Moitra of attempting to “import Bangladesh-style chaos into Indian politics” and demanded immediate action. It demanded that the EC take cognisance of the post, which they termed “provocative and demeaning”. It characterised the post as an “incitement to undermine public trust in the democratic process” and accused the TMC of “fear-mongering” ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.
Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, however, highlighted the irony that a person who had lost her MP parliamentary membership after being accused of corruption is now “pointing fingers at others”. Moitra had been expelled from the Lok Sabha in December 2023 in the ‘cash-for-query’ case, though she subsequently won her Krishnanagar seat back the following year during the Lok Sabha elections.
Despite the controversy and demands for intervention from the BJP, the EC did not immediately react to the statements.
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November 19, 2025, 23:32 IST
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