Kolkata: Opposition parties in West Bengal today demanded re-election in both Bidhannagar and Asansol municipal corporations, alleging that votes were looted amid violence turning yesterday's polls into a 'farce'.
"We want a total repoll in all booths in both Bidhannagar and Asansol corporations in view of the rampant corrupt practices and violence," CPI(M) politburo member Mohd Salim said in Kolkata.
"The whole election process has been rendered a farce. The State Election Commission has the responsibility to hold the election in free and fair manner, but it has failed in its duty," Salim said.
"The Left Front will sit together and decide on the next course of action," he said when asked what the Front would do if the SEC turned down its demand for holding fresh polls.
"Votes were looted in all booths with the ruling party unleashing terror among genuine voters," he said.
While the opposition parties have alleged that large number of outsiders had been brought in to intimidate and scare off genuine voters, the ruling Trinamool Congress has denied any such activity by the party.
A number of journalists covering the elections were also manhandled and a few of them had to be hospitalised.
"We want a total repoll in all booths in both Bidhannagar and Asansol corporations in view of the rampant corrupt practices and violence," CPI(M) politburo member Mohd Salim said in Kolkata.
"The whole election process has been rendered a farce. The State Election Commission has the responsibility to hold the election in free and fair manner, but it has failed in its duty," Salim said.
"The Left Front will sit together and decide on the next course of action," he said when asked what the Front would do if the SEC turned down its demand for holding fresh polls.
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"Votes were looted in all booths with the ruling party unleashing terror among genuine voters," he said.
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While the opposition parties have alleged that large number of outsiders had been brought in to intimidate and scare off genuine voters, the ruling Trinamool Congress has denied any such activity by the party.
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A number of journalists covering the elections were also manhandled and a few of them had to be hospitalised.
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