Kolkata, March 18 -- BJP leader Rahul Sinha on Wednesday backed Election Commissions' major bureaucratic reshuffle in West Bengal as part of poll preparedness, stating that the move has "broken Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's syndicate" to ensure "clean and fair" elections.

Rahul Sinha alleged that Mamata Banerjee had brought all her "sycophants" into the state police, creating a "syndicate" as she wanted "to incite the violence" between Hindus and Muslims, but both communities maintained restraints.

"Mamata Banerjee herself wants riots to happen in West Bengal, and that is why she is trying to incite Hindus and Muslims. But both Hindus and Muslims maintained restraint. Those people did not fall prey to Mamata Banerjee's deception. Tha...