Kolkata, July 16 (TIWN) In its report on post-poll violence in West Bengal submitted to the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) labelled several Trinamool Congress MLAs, councillors and leaders as "notorious criminals/goons", triggering a political controversy in the state with several leaders threatening to take legal action against the rights body.

The leaders not only questioned the integrity of the commission, but also accused it of showing vindictive attitude.  In the annexure ‘K' attached with the original report submitted before the HC, the NHRC has placed 102 persons across 16 broad regions of West Bengal, including state minister Jyotipriya Mullick, prominent leader and former MLA Udyaan Guha, Naihati MLA Partha Bhowmick, Canning East MLA Saokat Molla, Trinamool South 24 Parganas youth leader Jahangir Khan, former councillor Jiban Saha and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's chief election agent in Nandigram, Sheikh Sufiyan, under the ‘list of notorious criminals/goons'.  Banerjee has already questioned the integrity and honesty of the commission, alleging that the report has been deliberately leaked to the media to embarrass the Trinamool Congress.  "This is political vendetta. They (BJP) cannot accept defeat and so they are taking recourse to all these things. The matter is pending before the court, so how can it reach the media," the Chief Minister asked.  Meanwhile, the NHRC has refuted the allegations of leakage of the report to the media.