New Delhi: The Election Commission has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee’s letter citing considerations over alleged discrepancies throughout voting on the Boyal polling sales space in Nandigram in the course of the second part of voting on April 1 and mentioned the allegations talked about are “factually incorrect, without any empirical evidence whatsoever and devoid of substance”.
Citing the experiences submitted by particular observers and officers, the ballot physique mentioned that there was “no mention of either outsiders or guns and goons capturing the said booth”.
The Election Commission additionally rubbished the allegations made towards Border Security Force (BSF) jawans deployed on the Boyal polling station in Nandigram stating there isn’t a proof to recommend that they “indulged in any inappropriate behaviour”.
“Moreover, the complaint that they did not allow the voters to go inside the booth is far from the truth,” the ballot physique mentioned.
The Election Commission in its point-by-point response mentioned that the polling brokers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPI (M) and an unbiased have been current contained in the Boyal polling sales space when the mock drill happened.
Pointing out that the TMC polling agent by no means confirmed up on the Boyal polling sales space, the ballot physique mentioned: “The ECI cannot force any one unwilling to work as a polling agent.”
Stating the related CCTV footage is obtainable with the Commission to show that there was no wrongdoing within the course of, the ballot physique whereas responding to the TMC supremo’s hand-written grievance mentioned there was no report of any violence nor was there any intimidation of voters on the Boyal sales space.
The TMC supremo is within the fray from Nandigram towards her former protégé Suvendu Akhikari, now with the BJP.
