"We had demanded fresh elections in West Tripura as most of the people could not vote due to rigging and violence by BJP cadres. Voters are frustrated with the EC's decision to hold repoll only in a few polling stations. The Returning Officer of West Tripura in his report had said voting was vitiated in 433 polling stations. Our petition will question how the EC overruled the RO's report and settled for repoll in 168 polling stations only," Debburman told reporters. The EC had last week removed West Tripura District Magistrate Sandeep Namdeo Mahatme, who was also the Returning Officer of West Tripura Lok Sabha seat.Mahatme was replaced by East Tripura RO and District Magistrate of Dhalai, Vikash Singh.

Source: dna May 08, 2019 17:15 UTC