Election Commission replies to Mamata, ‘No violence at polling station in Nandigram’

Kolkata: West Bengal went to the polls in the second phase on Thursday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had lodged a complaint with the Election Commission. The Commission has replied to that. In Nandigram, polling took place peacefully at polling number 7. The commission has clarified that there was no violence of any kind.

There is no fact in the claim you made in the letter. There was no interruption in polling in Nandigram on April 1. The allegations against BSF personnel are completely false. Allegations of violence and intimidation of voters are also false. The Election Commission has clarified that the polling at polling station 7 in Nandigram was fair and peaceful.

The second phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections was held on Thursday, April 1. Later, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lodged 63 complaints with the Election Commission. Mamata alleged that the Central Security Forces were acting at the behest of the central government and that the Election Commission was not taking its complaints seriously. Home Minister Amit Shah himself is instructing the CRPF, BFF and other jawans. “They should only help the BJP and its people,” she said. We are also sorry for the silence of the Election Commission. We wrote several letters. But Mamata also alleged that the commission was supporting BJP candidates.

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Mamata had complained that polling station No. 7 in Nandigram assembly constituency was in a state of confusion. The Election Commission has replied to Mamata on this complaint. Special Inspector Ajay Nayak and Inspector Vivek Dubey, who is overseeing the police administration, submitted their report on the matter at 5.30 pm on Saturday. It said there was no disturbance at the polling station, the Election Commission said.