Hooghly, April 3 -- West Bengal Congress President and Serampore assembly candidate Subhankar Sarkar on Friday blamed the Election Commission of India for the recent incident in Malda, asserting that the situation highlighted lapses in law and order under the current state and central governments.

"The Election Commission is fully responsible for the Malda incident," Sarkar told ANI.

Recalling the achievements of the Congress regime in the past, Sarkar said, "During the Congress rule in Bengal, there was significant development and the law and order situation was well maintained. There is no development under the BJP at the Centre, and both the Left Front and TMC have failed to deliver."

He appealed to the people of Serampore and the w...