He further highlighted that the Calcutta High Court had previously directed the State Election Commission to ensure the presence of CCTV cameras and centralized monitoring of footage with police assistance in all polling booths. However, Adhikari alleged that these directives were not follow
A day after the violence-marred Panchayat polls, the West Bengal State Election Commission on Monday conducted re-polling at 696 polling booths, however, no fresh cases of violence were reported as it was under the supervision of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose is scheduled to meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday evening, two days after panchayat polls in the state that saw violence
"Today, it feels like an election day. We can see the central forces today", said Anamika Mandal, who came to cast her vote at Tikiapara Primary High School in the Murshidabad district.
Ahead of the re-polling of the Panchayat elections, the voters, on Monday, queued up outside the polling booth in the Murshidabad district. According to an official statement, the re-polling will be conducted in 697 booths across five districts: Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and Sou
After a wave of violence that claimed at least 10 lives in West Bengal during Panchayat polls on Saturday, a family member of 62-year-old Congress worker who allegedly killed in the Murshidabad demanded security.
Following the violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced re-polling to be conducted in 697 booths spread across five districts on July 10.
"You will recollect yesterday the BJP WB delegation called on you and asked you to review CCTV/video footage to establish booths which have to be re-polled due to booth, looting, polling officers seen participating/helping in rigging/where BJP candidate agents were forced to leave or removed
Alleging ballot rigging in the West Bengal panchayat polls which is marred by violence, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu called for re-polling in Bengal, claiming that presiding officers and election staff were engaged in proxy voting in favour of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday said that as many as ten people had lost their lives in the violence that broke on the Panchayat Polls day in the state.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday expressed deep concern over the election violence in West Bengal on the day of the Panchayat Polls.