Kolkata, June 26 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Friday objected to the inclusion of a description related to the Election Commission in the NCERT Class 9 Social Science textbook, calling it absolutely wrong and unacceptable.

Speaking to ANI, Raut said, "This feels bad. We made many complaints about the functioning of the Election Commission. The way Special Intensive Revision (SIR) happened this time in West Bengal, 27 lakh voters were denied the right to vote. This was wrong... Including this in the NCERT book is absolutely wrong. We condemn this."

The remarks came after the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had praised the Election Commission of India (ECI) in its new Class IX Social Science ...