KOLKATA: Repolling in 568 booths across West Bengal from the place the State Election Commission (SEC)gained court cases of violence all the way through the panchayat ballot, began on Wednesday amid tight safety.
The booths the place repolling is being held are spread in all of the 20 districts of the state the place the rural polls have been held on Monday, SEC officials said.
The state govt and the police were asked to make elaborate safety arrangements so that the repolling is held in a free and fair means, they said.
"The repolling started at 7 in the morning and will end at 5 pm. The counting will take place tomorrow (on May 17)," the SEC officials said.
The repolling has been ordered in 10 booths in Hooghly, 28 booths in West Midnapore, 52 booths in Coochbehar, 63 booths in Murshidabad, 60 booths in Nadia, 59 booths in North 24 Parganas, 55 booths in Malda, 73 booths in Uttar Dinajpur and 26 in South 24 Pargans among others, they said.
Aggrieved by means of the violence that marked the panchayat ballot in West Bengal which claimed a minimum of 12 lives and left 43 injured, a number of applicants who have been within the fray had met the SEC officials and demanded the repolling.
Independent applicants too met the SEC officials to request repoll in their seats.
Opposition events had accused the TMC of "unleashing a reign of terror and destroying democracy". The TMC, on the other hand, termed the allegations as "baseless".
Several non-political organisations held sit-ins outdoor the SEC office the day past in protest in opposition to the violence on the polling day. The rural polls have been held after a chronic criminal struggle within the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court involving the State Election Commission, the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition events.
The booths the place repolling is being held are spread in all of the 20 districts of the state the place the rural polls have been held on Monday, SEC officials said.
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— ANI (@ANI) 1526444266000The state govt and the police were asked to make elaborate safety arrangements so that the repolling is held in a free and fair means, they said.
"The repolling started at 7 in the morning and will end at 5 pm. The counting will take place tomorrow (on May 17)," the SEC officials said.
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— ANI (@ANI) 1526447169000The repolling has been ordered in 10 booths in Hooghly, 28 booths in West Midnapore, 52 booths in Coochbehar, 63 booths in Murshidabad, 60 booths in Nadia, 59 booths in North 24 Parganas, 55 booths in Malda, 73 booths in Uttar Dinajpur and 26 in South 24 Pargans among others, they said.
Aggrieved by means of the violence that marked the panchayat ballot in West Bengal which claimed a minimum of 12 lives and left 43 injured, a number of applicants who have been within the fray had met the SEC officials and demanded the repolling.
Independent applicants too met the SEC officials to request repoll in their seats.
Opposition events had accused the TMC of "unleashing a reign of terror and destroying democracy". The TMC, on the other hand, termed the allegations as "baseless".
Several non-political organisations held sit-ins outdoor the SEC office the day past in protest in opposition to the violence on the polling day. The rural polls have been held after a chronic criminal struggle within the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court involving the State Election Commission, the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition events.
Re-polling in 568 booths underway in Bengal
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