Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress get together raised allegations of ‘discrepancy’ in ballot turnout and malfunctioning of EVMs as polling started for 30 of 294 meeting seats on Saturday.
MP Derek O’Brien wrote a letter to the Election Commission and a celebration delegation additionally met the ballot panel within the afternoon, information company ANI reported.
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The Mamata Banerjee-led get together shared voting turnout figures from the East Medinipur district and requested for an evidence over voting share.
In one other tweet, the get together raised questions over the claims of individuals in Kanti Dakshin not with the ability to vote for Trinamool. “Shocking claim by voters which must be immediately looked into by @ECISVEEP and @CEOWestBengal. Many voters in Kanthi Dakshin assembly seat allege that they voted for TMC but VVPAT showed them the BJP symbol. THIS IS SERIOUS! THIS IS UNPARDONABLE!”
TMC MP Derek O’Brien despatched a letter to the Election Commission over the matter by which he wrote: (*1*).
Trinamool Congress members had additionally met meet the Chief Electoral Officer elevating points over the deployment of sales space brokers. After the assembly, Sudip Bandyopadhyay informed media individuals: “BJP had submitted a memorandum requesting to change the system of appointing booth agents wherein he must be a voter of the concerned booth and allow anybody at any booth”
“The new system is not acceptable to us. We demand that from the next phase the polling agent must be local of the concerned polling booth. CEO has assured us to look into the matter,” he added.
Meanwhile, BJP’s West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh has rubbished these issues. “Trinamool Congress (TMC) is losing, which is why they are coming up with false narratives. They can go to the Election Commission or the central forces for resolving such problems, but they choose to make accusations,” he stated after he forged his vote at a polling sales space in Jhargram.
“The police, which runs on TMC’s whims, has become aware that ‘poriborton’ (change) is coming in the state, that is why they are targeting the central forces to build pressure,” he added.
(With Agency Inputs)
