New Delhi, April 3 -- Former Chief Protocol and Joint Director of Election Commission of India, Mohd Amin, has criticised the West Bengal government over the Malda hostage crisis, describing the matter as "shameless", asserting that such incidents should be condemned.

Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Amin stated that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was earlier criticising the seven-phase election schedule and now opposing the Special Intensive Revision.

He called the SIR a legal process backed by the Supreme Court, explaining its sole purpose of "purifying" the voter list.

"I just heard about the situation in Malda, these have always been the criminal states... Earlier, Mamata Banerjee was criticising why we have the seven rounds of the ele...