State Election Commission (SEC) has announced repolling in 20 Panchayat Constituencies today. But, the date of re-polling is yet to be announced. Constituencies which will undergo re polling as per the SEC notification are 15 in Howrah’s Sankrail, one in Singur and four in North 24 Parganas district’s Habra. In order to investigate the violence during panchayat polls, a five-member Fact Finding team went to Raj Bhawan to meet Governor C V Anand today and visited South 24 Parganas district’s Basanti to met the victims of poll violence. Governor and Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi held separate meetings with senior BSF officials today to discuss the ongoing situation in the state. In order to curb violence, it was decided that there will be three nodal officers in every district-Police Superintendent, District Magistrate and a BSF Nodal officer. Following BSF’s decision to keep one nodal officer in every district, BSF will soon share the numbers of the nodal officers in each district.
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Along with BSF officials, Dwivedi held meetings with District Magistrates to get details about losses incured due to the violence. Further, a BJP Fact Finding team headed by Ravi Shankar Prasad went to Raj Bhawan to meet Governor C V Anand this morning and gave its feedback. «We met the Governor today. The time has come that we will reveal the true face of Mamata Banerjee in front of the common people,” Prasad said. The Fact-Finding Team met a victim in Basanti. The victim said that she was beaten up brutally and suffered a from head injury. “A bullet passed me and people thought I was dead. I have suffered multiple fractures and I can’t even talk. What
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