The Commission noted that it had acquired information suggesting Mufti's suspected involvement of schoolchildren in the election campaign for the Rajouri-Anantnag parliamentary seat.

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was allegedly called chor. Her reaction to this has drawn BJP's ire.

Scheduled for April 19, polling in Cooch Behar precedes the 48-hour silence period, during which campaigning is prohibited and begins Wednesday evening.