A Visit to the “Sensitive” District of Birbhum
Birbhum District is considered one of the “sensitive” areas of West Bengal during elections.
Birbhum District is considered one of the “sensitive” areas of West Bengal during elections.
“The fact of the divisions within a party has to be factored in,” said a political scientist and psephologist.
Repolling had to take place on Monday in nearly 700 booths in 19 districts of the State where there were allegations of irregularities or violence had taken place.
MPs including Ravishankar Prasad, Satyapal Singh, Rajdeep Roy, and Rekha Verma will visit Bengal soon to take stock of the situation.
However, while making the announcement, the commission did not specify in how many booths will the re-polling will be conducted and what would be the geographical distribution of the booths.
Earlier today, BJP leaders protest outside the State Election Commission building in Kolkata over the violence during the Panchayat elections.
“The arrival of the central forces personnel was completed on late Friday night and in that 11th hour it was hardly possible to ensure proper deployment,” said a state Election Commission official.
Earlier in the day, while the Governor was on his way to cast his vote in the North 24-Parganas, Bose was stopped by a few CPI(M) candidates. The CPI(M) candidates shared their concerns with the Governor.
BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged that "TMC hoologanism crossed all limits" and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with the Chief Electoral Officer of the state were "responsible" for murders.
Earlier, a polling booth at Baravita Primary School in Sitai, Coochbehar has been allegedly vandalised and ballot papers set on fire.
