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Accusing he Election Commission of being ‘‘partial’’ in holding staggered Assembly elections in Kerala and West Bengal, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday said he will raise the issue in Parliament.
While the party-dominated West Bengal is going to polls in five phases and Kerala in three phases, Tamil nadu, which is almost thrice the geographical size of Kerala, is having a single-phase election. This is quite an ‘‘illogical decision’’ by the EC, he said. ‘‘The issue would be raised before Parliament,’’ the CPI(M) leader said.
Alleging that the Congress-led government in Kerala had failed to resolve the crisis in the agriculture sector in the state, Karat said the Left-ruled West Bengal had been able to make ‘‘tremendous strides’’ in the agriculture sector.
