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Election Commission junks Didi claim, studying if April 1 events merit action
Bharti Jain | TNN | Updated: Apr 5, 2021, 04:10 IST
Administration protect West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as a candidate stuck in Boyal booth.
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: The Election Commission has rubbished allegations levelled by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee regarding entry of outsiders and booth capturing at a polling station at Boyal in Nandigram on April 1 as “factually incorrect, without any empirical evidence whatsoever and devoid of substance”.
Importantly, the commission said it was being examined if the events of April 1 merited action under Sections 131 and 123(2) of the Representation of the People’s Act (RP Act) and the model code of conduct. Section 131 of RP Act deals with disorderly conduct in or near polling stations and Section 123(2) is about disturbance in the conduct of elections. Banerjee and former aide-turned-BJP nominee Suvendu Adhikari are the contenders in Nandig