Bandh called to protest shifting of polling station
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, August 13 2021:
Moijing Khongok Development Committee, Thoubal Moijing has called a 12-hour total bandh along Thoubal - MI Road from 6am of August 14 in protest against the alleged move to shift 31/1 (A) Polling Station of Moijing Leingoijil.
On Friday, the Committee staged a sit in protest at Moijing Meena Bazar decrying attempts to shift 31/1 (A) Polling Station from Leingoijil Upper Primary School to Leingoijil Community Hall.
Speaking on the sidelines of the protest, Committee general secretary Md Iqbal recounted that Leingoijil UP School has been the Polling Station for the last 40 years.
However, some people, while taking advantage of rationalisation of polling stations, have been making attempts to shift the polling station to Leingoijil Community Hall against the wishes of the electors.
Condemning the act, Iqbal said that Youth Congress worker Md Qasim cannot pretend to be a BLO and inconvenience the electors.
He further warned against any attempts to portray Leingoijil Community Hall as the polling station to inspectors, apart from cautioning ARO Thoubal from entertaining any report without proper authentication.
He then revealed that a PIL would soon be filed against ARO Thoubal and the BLO concerned.
Further stating that Leishangthem ZP and Moijing GP pradhan have been made known of the stand against any decision to shift the polling venue, Iqbal said that the same was intimated to former CM and Thoubal AC MLA O Ibobi on August 11 at his quarters in Babupara.
However, no positive response has been received till date.
Thus, Iqbal drew the atten tion of CM Biren and the state government to look into the matter.
The general secretary then cautioned of launching intense agitations in case of further attempts to shift location of the polling station in question.
During the sit-in, the protesters held placards inscribed with slogans such as "We condemn ARO Thoubal for believing in false report", "Shifting of polling station is unreasonable", "Leigoijil community hall is not the middle ground", "BLO Qasim is not the face of Moijing",
etc.