Election Commission orders FIR over celebratory congregations in anticipation of poll victory
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Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 02:11 PM IST
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Synopsis The ECI has directed CS (chief secretaries) of all five states to file FIR in each such case, suspend the SHO of the concerned police station and report action taken immediately of each such incidence, the spokesperson said.
EC orders FIR over celebratory congregations in anticipation of poll victory
With the counting of votes underway, the Election Commission Sunday said it has taken a stern view of reports of congregation of people to celebrate anticipated victory, and has asked the chief secretaries concerned to file an FIR in each case and suspend the police station in charge where such gatherings happen. Responding to queries about reports of celebratory gatherings by supporters of political parties, an EC spokesperson said the poll panel has taken a serious note of some reports of congregations of people to celeb
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut also hailed Mamata Banerjee as the Tigress of Bengal .
Mumbai:
As the TMC is set to retain power in West Bengal, the Shiv Sena on Sunday said Mamata Banerjee s win in her state is victory of democracy in India and the result would give a new direction to national politics.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut also hailed Ms Banerjee as the Tigress of Bengal . Congratulations Tigress of Bengal, he tweeted after Ms Banerjee s Trinamool Congress (TMC) surged way ahead the BJP in the counting of votes currently underway.
As per the latest trends, the TMC was ahead in 202 of the 292 seats that went to polls in West Bengal, way over the halfway mark of 147, leaving the BJP trailing far behind in 82 seats.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Leaving West Bengal, the predictions of exit polls of the assembly elections in four States/UT remained more or less close to the actual results or trends.