Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee’s allegations that outsiders had captured the “Boyal” polling booth in Nandigram and conducted false voting on April 1.
Special observers Ajay Nayak (General) and Vivek Dube (Police) submitted a final report to the EC over Mamata Banerjee’s allegations on Saturday.
The EC cited the reports by special observers and officials “at various levels” to say that there was “no mention of either outsiders or guns and goons capturing the said booth”.
The EC replied in ‘minutes by minutes ‘ response to the Chief Minister’s letter regarding voting at Booth No. 6, Moktab Primary School, Nandigram.
“The allegations in your handwritten letter are factually incorrect, and there is no specific evidence to support the allegations, the EC said
Incidentally, on Thursday, April 1, when the second round of polling was in full swing in the morning at the booth in Nandigram, tensions escalated when Ms Banerjee appeared at the booth in the afternoon after being accused of not allowing Trinamool Congress agents to sit.
The Chief Minister was in that booth for about two hours that day. While sitting in the booth, she wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sudip Jain accusing the central forces and polling officers of supporting the printed vote.
