New Delhi: The election commission on Tuesday wrote to the Head of the Secretary of West Bengal conveyed serious dissatisfaction with the incidence of violence in the country and directed it to improve responsibility for failure to prevent polling violence even when only three assembly constituencies will occur.
“You hereby be directed to immediately check at your level of facts and direct evidence including the deployment of adequate security personnel, the location of patrol parties, records the control room and other settings to anticipate and prevent violent incidents …
the existing procedure and send reports To the Commission on September 29, 2021, 2 noon, “said Communication EC.
EC also directs the main secretary to ensure that no incidents or atmosphere further violence that does the possibility of violence occur anywhere in the district or city that is bound by a poll that can damage the polling process during the silence period and count.
“Seeing violence after the polls as a continuum assuming the potential to disrupt the democratic process, so you also have to take adequate steps to ensure that there is no incident of violence after the polls that occur.
Secretary’s head, home secretary, DGP and police commissioner, Kolkata , will be personally responsible for the same thing, “warns EC.
States that the violent-free atmosphere is absolutely necessary to conduct free and fair polls, the Commission reminds the West Bengal government that has repeatedly, regularly and in the strict terms emphasized in the criticality of not only the atmosphere free of violence but also opposes the atmosphere of threat which is felt at each stage of the selection process, namely during the campaign, voting, counting and polls.
“The same thing is repeated when the commission holds a video conference with you together with the Secretary of the House, DGP and Commissioner of Police, Kolkata on September 9, 2021, followed by regular reviews held with Deos,” EC told the main secretary …
“Your basic task for Ensuring violent elections, repetitive instructions commissions, violent incidents have been reported including those who have serious potential to eliminate the implementation of free and fair polls and also create psychosis.
The Commission strongly condemns all forms of violence during the electoral process and with this delivering serious dissatisfaction On violent incidents, “EC said.
Rap EC came apart from the head of the Secretary of West Bengal, in his report to the polling panel in Bhabhanipur Clash where the BJP Leader Dilip Ghosh was allegedly managed, told the polling panel that he had registered incidents and captured eight people.
The source added that the state government also claimed that all political leaders need to tell the police first about their plan for the door-to-door campaign so that the right security can be arranged.
It was not done in a direct case, it insisted.
However, the EC is not satisfied with the explanation.
Previously on Tuesday, the BJP delegation was a high-level BJP meeting with the electoral commission and filed a complaint against TMC and the state government to indulge in violence and look for steps to ensure free and fair polls.
Minister of Union Bhupender Yadav, Anurag Thakur and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are among members of delegates who also urge the EC not to release form 20, which issues statistics and data related to selection, for one year.
This will protect innocent voters from TMC’s wrath and their agents and also from the state government which is more an extension of the party, rather than a constitutional body, the BJP delegation said.