Tripura by-polls: CPI (M) alleges ‘massive scale rigging, calls for recent elections
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By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Alleging large-scale rigging, the Politbureau of the communist social gathering of India (Marxist) CPI (M) on Friday reiterated its demand to countermand by-elections held in Tripura and to carry recent polls be carried out underneath strict supervision.
A press release issued by the social gathering on Friday acknowledged that the outcomes for the by-elections to 2 Assembly constituencies in Tripura – Boxanagar and Dhanpur – as declared by the Chief Electoral Officer vindicated the apprehensions raised by the Left Front.
It additionally added that the outcomes justified the demand for countermanding them and holding recent polls underneath strict supervision.
“In the Boxanagar constituency, the BJP won securing 89 per cent of votes polled and 71 per cent in the Dhanpur constituency. This is unprecedented in the state’s history of elections. After having lost the Boxanagar seat to the CPIM in the February elections, it is impossible for the BJP to secure 89 per cent votes except through large-scale rigging,” reads the assertion.
These elections have been lowered to a mockery with large-scale rigging by the BJP in connivance with the administration and police, the CPI (M) acknowledged.
NEW DELHI: Alleging large-scale rigging, the Politbureau of the communist social gathering of India (Marxist) CPI (M) on Friday reiterated its demand to countermand by-elections held in Tripura and to carry recent polls be carried out underneath strict supervision.
A press release issued by the social gathering on Friday acknowledged that the outcomes for the by-elections to 2 Assembly constituencies in Tripura – Boxanagar and Dhanpur – as declared by the Chief Electoral Officer vindicated the apprehensions raised by the Left Front.
It additionally added that the outcomes justified the demand for countermanding them and holding recent polls underneath strict supervision.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“In the Boxanagar constituency, the BJP won securing 89 per cent of votes polled and 71 per cent in the Dhanpur constituency. This is unprecedented in the state’s history of elections. After having lost the Boxanagar seat to the CPIM in the February elections, it is impossible for the BJP to secure 89 per cent votes except through large-scale rigging,” reads the assertion.
These elections have been lowered to a mockery with large-scale rigging by the BJP in connivance with the administration and police, the CPI (M) acknowledged.
