Ten members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation convened with representatives of the Election Commission of India to address pressing concerns regarding electoral fairness and impartiality. They announced a 24-hour dharna outside the Election Commission office in the national capital, demanding the removal of the current chiefs of central agencies - Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Investigation Agency (NIA) NIA, Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Income Tax Department.
The delegation, which met a full bench of the poll body, includes TMC MPs Derek O'Brien, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale, and Sagarika Ghose, among others.
TMC MP Dola Sen, reflecting on the discussions, asserted, "Last week we had gone to the Election Commission twice. We demanded that there should be equal opportunities and equal rights should be given to all." Expressing reservations over the utilization of central agencies by the central government, Sen remarked, "But the way the central agencies are being used by the central government is not right."