The BJP on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra was engaged in “grave, open and direct intimidation” of a police observer during the ongoing elections in West Bengal. In its letter to the chief electoral officer of West Bengal, the BJP requested immediate intervention under Article 324 of the Constitution, claiming that the purported actions threatened the integrity of the electoral process. The BJP claimed that Moitra addressed Battula Gangadhar, a 2011 batch IPS officer of the Odisha cadre, who is presently serving as a police observer, in a video message that is currently in the public domain. Referring to “publicly available material,” including a post on Moitra’s X account and Facebook on April 27 and 28, BJP claimed that her statements amounted to “open threats” and were “highly objectionable” in the context of an ongoing election.…