Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee is “mimicking" Rahul Gandhi. "In childhood, when we used to go to school, when exams came, we used to copy answers from studious students…So, West Bengal CM's nephew is trying to mimic Rahul Gandhi,” he said. Chowdhury’s remarks came after Banerjee said “vote theft” was being done through SIR.