'Get Lost' vs 'Stay Quiet': An Election Body-Trinamool Congress Showdown

Wednesday, 8 April 2026Newsdesk

Derek O'Brien said the Trinamool delegation went to meet the Chief Election Commissioner with nine letters from Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

New Delhi 08 April 2026

As per news report of NDTV,Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar told the Trinamool Congress delegation to "get lost" during a meeting on the upcoming West Bengal polls, senior party leader Derek O'Brien said today. "I want to tell you what the Chief Election Commissioner told us within seven minutes of the meeting. 'Get lost' -- this is what the Chief Election Commissioner told the Trinamool Congress delegation. So we left. We are the second largest opposition party in Parliament," he told the media.

Source - NDTV