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Trinamool Congress(TMC) Rajya Sabha MP, Derek O Brien wrote a letter to Election Commission for the second time in a row, alleging booth capturing in Purba Medinipur during the second phase of West Bengal assembly elections.
He wrote, Huge mob of BJP workers have entered booth numbers 6, 7, 49, 27, 162, 21, 26, 13, 262, 256, 163 and 30. BJP workers attempting to take control of EVM and rigging the booth .
Derek O Brien
Earlier on saturday he flagged discrepancy in voter turnout data, and wrote to EC regarding the issue, seeking an explanation on it. Voter turnout for ACs Kanthi Dakshin (216) and Kanthi Uttar (213) at 9:13 am was 18.47 per cent and 18.95 per cent respectively, 4 minutes later at 9:17 am voter turnout reduced to 10.60 per cent and 9:40 per cent. Such discrepancy raises a question on the genuineness of data issued by EC.
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