India, Oct. 6 -- The Congress on Tuesday, October 7, alleged that the West Bengal Assembly elections were a "text book case of mass manipulation and rigging" overseen by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, asserting that while the "puppet" must go, the "two puppeteers" also need to be held accountable.

Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh shared a media report claiming that judges of more than a dozen Tribunals, appointed in West Bengal on Supreme Court orders to process SIR appeals, including those of 27 lakh deleted electors, had flagged significant gaps in a digital portal set up for them by the Election Commission's IT division.

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