Bengal bypolls: EC seeks action taken report from CEO on malpractice charges

The Election Commission of India has sought an action taken report from the West Bengal CEO after receiving nearly 100 complaints from the BJP regarding bogus voting, violence and intimidation during Wednesday’s bypolls at four assembly constituencies in the state, a senior official said..

The ruling TMC has denied those allegations and dubbed them as “baseless”.

“There were some reports of violence, but overall, the election was peaceful yesterday. We promptly took action whenever reports of such violence and malpractices were reported to us or came to the notice of our officers,” CEO Ariz Aftab said.