Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government will not dig up old cases against opposition leader, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, ahead of the elections next month, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Wednesday.

"Maybe our leader wanted to say or convey that nobody is above law but, if you want my view, I can say clearly that I don't want Miss Mamata Banerjee to be harassed or disturbed before elections by digging out old cases against her," the chief minister said at a press conference.

His clarification came a day after the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said at an all-party meeting with the Election Commission that arrest warrants against leaders of the state's main opposition should be executed before the April-May assembly polls.

Some Trinamool leaders were facing non-bailable warrants over clashes with police at Barasat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district in 1994, a CPI-M leader had said.

Banerjee, who was the state Youth Congress president in 1994, held a rally near Barasat in North 24 Parganas district in which a clash broke out between Congress supporters and policemen, resulting in injuries to three top police officers. A complaint had been lodged against her at the time.