Bengal Guv asks state election commissioner to brief him over incidents of violence during civic polls

Amid reviews of sporadic incidents of violence at totally different locations throughout Sunday’s elections to 107 municipalities throughout West Bengal, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has requested State Election Commissioner Saurab Das to temporary him on the state of affairs by 10 am on Monday.

Das ought to be “totally up to date” on developments within the election course of held on Sunday, which “prima facie signifies failure of democracy,” a Raj Bhavan launch stated.

“State Election Commissioner Shri Saurab Das has been known as upon to temporary Guv anytime earlier than 10 am tomorrow in view of alarmingly disturbing inputs, depicting state of affairs of violence and lawlessness, with administration in partisan mode and systemic failure #SEC,” Dhankhar stated in a tweet, attaching the discharge.

A senior SEC official had earlier within the day stated that “sporadic incidents of violence had been reported. We famous disturbances in a couple of areas and took motion”.