West Bengal Panchayat Polls: Re-polling in nearly 700 booths of 5 districts today
Two days after panchayat polls violence took lives of ten people in West Bengal, the State Election Commission (SEC) will conduct re-polling on 697 booths in five districts on Monday. Re-polling will be conducted in Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, said an official statement.
"The West Bengal State Election Commission, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by sub-section (3) and sub-section (4) of Section 67 of the said Act, hereby fixes 10th day of July, 2023 as the date of taking the fresh poll at 07.00 hours to be continued up to 17.00 hours uninterruptedly till completion and direct the District Panchayat Election Officer to fix the polling station at which poll shall be taken," said SEC in its official statement. On Sunday, BJP MP Khagen Murmu alleged that the West Bengal panchayat polls were also marred by proxy voting as well.
By-polls that were disturbed by massive violence on Sunday, also saw some presiding officers and election staff engaged in proxy voting in favour of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleged BJP's Khagen Murmu. West Bengal BJP state general secretary Jagannath Chattopadhyay also wrote to the State Election Commission and demanded repolling.
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