New Delhi: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.He said the Trinamool delegation went to meet the Chief Election Commissioner with nine letters from the party chief and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, which have not been replied to.

The delegation, he said, also raised the high-profile reshuffle of top officials and cops after the model code of conduct came into force.

"We told him you are transferring these officials, how do you want to conduct a free and fair election? And then, he said, 'get lost'," the Trinamool's Leader in Rajya Sabha said, adding, "What I saw today is a shame." He also dared the election body to release audio or video of the meeting.

O'Brien said one member of their delegation congratulated the Chief Election Commissioner for being the "only Chief Election Commissioner in the history of India to have notices in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to be removed". He said opposition parties will be holding a press conference at the Constitution Club this afternoon.

Source:Ndtv