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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the CPM tried

CPM tried to rig booths in Jadavpur: Mamata

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the CPM tried to rig some booths in the Jadavpur from where Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is contesting. Attempts at rigging in some booths in the Jadavpur seat have been reported to me and I have information that central para-military personnel have been rendered idle and the state police asked to do the duty thereby slowing polling process at the instruction of the chief minister, Banerjee told a local news channel.

Manhandled by CPM cadres: Journalists

Kolkata: The reporter and lensman of a Bengali daily has alleged that they were pushed around and slapped by CPM supporters at Mahamaya Pathsala at Gangulybagan in Jadavpur constituency. They said that they had lodged a complaint with the police at the Jadavpur police station. The chief ministers election agent Bikash Bhattacharya denied that they were heckled or beaten up. Nothing of that sort happened. The allegations are not true, he said.

Four EVMs missing

Burdwan: Trinamool Congress candidate from Burdwan South Assembly seat Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay alleged that four EVMs of the constituency are missing. Four EVMs are missing and in 12 other EVMs the control unit and the ballot unit are not tallying. This was detected during routine checking of EVMs on Tuesday, said Chattopadhyay told mediapersons.

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