sec: Kolkata Municipal Polls: Opposition BJP, SEC at loggerheads again

Opposition BJP and the State Election Fee (SEC) are at loggerheads once more, with six-member BJP delegation visiting State Election Fee (SEC) and demanding that the EVM with VVPATs assist for the Kolkata Municipal Polls (KMC) polls, deployment of CAPF and counting of polls in a single day.

Nonetheless, dissatisfied with the dialogue SEC, the LoP Suvendu Adhikari together with others went to satisfy Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in search of his intervention. Dhankhar additionally urged the SEC about CAPF deployment, about appointment of the polling agent and different points.

Other than LoP and Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari, Sisr Bajoria, MLA Agnimitra Paul and BJP Nationwide Vice-President Pratap Banerjee went to the SEC to satisfy the State Election Commissioner.

In a letter to the SEC, the BJP management addressed their concern about deployment of CAPF in the course of the KMC polls. The saffron celebration additionally demanded deployment of CAPF in the course of the civic polls. Nonetheless, the SEC talked about that 23,000 police forces , together with Kolkata and West Bengal Police, will likely be deployed for the KMC polls. It has additionally talked about that solely 25 p.c of cubicles delicate will likely be videographed and there will likely be CCTV in delicate cubicles.

“We’ll proceed with a number of agitational programmes except the CAPF is deployed for the KMC polls. The Governor can also be glad with the letter despatched by SEC on KMC polls. The Governor instructed us that he’ll look into the matter,” Adhikari mentioned, after assembly with the Governor.