The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on May 10 said it will file a formal complaint to the Election Commission (EC) against National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma for "misusing her chair" and "being one of the major conspirators of Sandeshkhali matter" after multiple women alleged that they were deceived by local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders into filling sexual assault complaints against TMC leaders.
NCW had recommended to President Droupadi Murmu that President's rule be imposed in West Bengal over alleged atrocities on women and violence in Sandeshkhali.
Stating the TMC's intention to move EC against Ms. Sharma, West Bengal minister and TMC spokesperson Shashi Panja alleged on May 10 that the NCW chairperson acted on "political bias" over the Sandeshkhali allegations and "encouraged women of the area to make false allegations of sexual atrocities." Multiple purported videos of Sandeshkhali women shared by the TMC on Thursday claimed that a local saffron party leader made those women sign blank papers which were later filled up as complaints of sexual assault.
