Kolkata, Feb. 18 -- Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee alleged on Wednesday that the Election Commission of India is 'flouting' the directions of the Supreme Court while conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.

Banerjee has alleged that the poll body is regularly circulating instructions to its officers through WhatsApp, rather through "formal, traceable, and accountable mechanisms."

"Is the @ECISVEEP of the view that directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court can be openly FLOUTED? The highest Court of the land has repeatedly emphasised transparency, due process, and adherence to official channels of communication. Yet we are witnessing instructions being circulated over WhatsApp rather than through formal, trace...