TripuraRepolling ordered in 168 polling stations in West Tripura LS constituency for May 12The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered a repoll at 168 polling stations out of 1700 in the West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency, thereby rejecting the demand from major opposition parties to hold fresh election in entire constituency. Repoll in polling stations, spread over 26 of 30 assembly segments of the West Tripura constituency, will take place on May 12. Opposition Congress and CPI (M) accused the BJP of reducing the election into a farce, and demanded a repoll in the entire constituency. New DelhiArun Jaitley calls Congress ‘cry baby’Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresing the media at party office, in New Delhi on Saturday. The district authorities were, however, quick to assert that none of the EVMs were used or their seals broken.

Source: The Hindu May 08, 2019 04:48 UTC