‘Late night birthday gift to Modi ji’: Congress slams EC over TMC symbol freeze

NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday criticised the Election Commission's interim decision to bar both rival Trinamool Congress (TMC) factions from using the party's name and reserved election symbol in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls, with party general secretary KC Venugopal calling it “CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s late night birthday gift to Modi ji”.In a post on X, Venugopal alleged that the decision amounted to an attempt to undermine the faction led by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee."Freezing the AITC name and symbol - after a blatantly unconstitutional hijack by the BJP - is CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s late night birthday gift to Modi ji.Those who fought against the BJP, under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership, are now being given the red carpet to rebel against her and commit the unconstitutional sin of defection with the ECI’s help.The ECI has one again proven that it is nothing more than a puppet in the…