New Delhi: The CPI-M alleged Sunday widespread rigging in the final and seventh phase of polling in West Bengal party general secretary Sitaram Yechury stating that Central forces at many places were absent.
In a tweet, Sitaram Yechury said: “Massive rigging including in Diamond Harbour, Dum Dum, Kolkata (North) constituencies. There are no Central forces, no efforts to stop hijacking of democracy. EC cannot merely watch, it needs to intervene decisively. It is the people resisting this violence and wresting back their rights.”
Noting that the reason for a long-drawn poll process was to ensure free and fair polling, Yechury said: “This has been the most disappointing overseeing of polls in independent India by the Election Commission.”
In a separate comment, CPI-M’s official Twitter handle tweeted: “TMC goons vandalised our booth camp at Baghajatin which falls under Jadavpur Lok Sabha Constituency. Central force remains a spectator as TMC-BJP nexus stands exposed. After united resistance from the people, the goons ran away from the place.”
There have been reports of violence clashes erupting between BJP and Trinamool Congress supporters as nine constituencies went to polls. Till 3.00pm, the turnout was approximately 64%. A couple of BJP leaders’ cars were vandalised, but other than death, polling was more or less peaceful, said an EC official.
Agencies