No meaning of re-poll, says INC's Hemanta
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, March 08 2022:
Asserting that there is no meaning for conducting re-poll at Wangjing Hodamba polling station 34/9 of Wangjing Tentha AC, INC candidate M Hemanta said that the re-poll should be done again or else the counting of votes should be put on hold.
Speaking to media persons after meeting general observer at Thoubal DC office complex on Tuesday, Hemanta contended that BJP workers abducted his agent who was coming from Tentha and brutally beat him.
Another agent was also thrashed by BJP workers and MLA Paonam Brojen.
In addition to this, BJP workers went to every household and seized Aadhaar cards on Monday night.
Because of their intimidation, no agent could come out as their lives were at risk, he contended.
Alleging that BJP workers indulged in proxy voting by appropriating the collected Aadhaar cards, Hemanta said that there is no meaning of re-poll.
He continued that repoll in respect of polling stations from 39/9 to 34/17 needs to be ordered as the same cases of proxy voting were done in these polling stations as well.
"Why repoll is not done in the remaining polling stations despite finding evidences of malpractices in the election", he enquired, while demanding re-poll in the eight polling stations so as to allow the.voters to exerdise their adult franchise.