THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a move to check bogus voting, Kerala's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Teeka Ram Meena on Sunday directed his officials to verify the webcams in 43 polling booths in the Kasargode Lok Sabha constituency, even as the ruling CPI-M has declared war on the CEO.On Sunday morning, team of polling officials began examining entire visuals of the voting that took place at 43 polling booths in the Kasargode Lok Sabha constituency earlier identified as problematic. There are a total of 965 booths in the constituency.In the past one week, Meena has been wielding the stick on bogus voting which has irked the ruling CPI-M. The party, on Friday, decided to seek the advice of its national leadership on what legal steps could be taken to rein in Meena.Meena however is in no mood to relent and told the media that he will go to any extent to defend his actions. "I am not under the state government and I am under the Election Commission. The Left leaders know me quite well as I have worked most of the time with the Left.

Source: Economic Times May 05, 2019 06:45 UTC