Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Police have filed an FIR on the instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) related to an incident of threatening voters in Diamond Harbour in West Bengal’s 24 Parganas district, said officials on Sunday. The Commission received a complaint that voters were being intimidated in the Kakdwip area of Diamond Harbour. A complaint was filed against a bike procession from which threatening slogans were raised against voters.The ECI has ordered the election officer a…
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Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday warned her party leaders and workers of possible tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and asked them to guard the machines vigilantly.Addressing an election rally in Jiaganj in Murshidabad district, CM Banerjee said: “If an EVM is damaged, you will have to wait. Do not allow the same EVMs to be used again for voting. Do not allow them to reuse an EVM after repairs. They may insert a chip in the name of repai…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to adopt a stricter approach to ordering repolls in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, with officials indicating that re-polling may now be ordered more promptly in cases of voter intimidation or obstruction of voting.An official familiar with the development said that until now, repolls were conducted only in “exceptional” cases, but the Commission is now inclined to act more swiftly based on complaints and fie…