Controversy erupts over Mahua Moitra entering counting centre

Jagannath Sarkar, who won from the Assembly constituency but resigned to continue as an MP, said: “Moitra is an MP and she moves with personal bodyguards. So how can she enter the counting centre? Why did the counting officials allow her inside? This is illegal. I have personal bodyguards and so I didn’t enter the counting centre. She entered there to influence the officials.”

Moitra, however, reacted sharply saying: “I don’t need a personal security cover like the BJP MPs. When I was an MLA, I didn’t take any personal security and now I am an MP and, still, I don’t carry any personal bodyguards with me.

“I would like to ask everyone to go to page 196 of the RO rule book where it is clearly written that I can enter alone. I have prepared my card and so I have entered. I have not done anything illegal.”