Raignaj: Within the wake of numerous candidates contesting from the seat, the Election Fee has determined to place two EVMs/poll items at each polling sales space within the Raiganj constituency. “This time Raiganj constituency has a complete of 20 candidates, out of whom 19 are males. As numerous candidates in fray, it was not doable to incorporate all names in a single poll unit. Therefore, two poll items might be there for the voters,” stated an EC official.
BJP’s Darjeeling decide shoots off grievance to EC towards occasion MLA
Darjeeling: BJP candidate from Darjeeling Raju Bista on Thursday filed a grievance with the Election Fee of India towards the occasion’s Kurseong MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma, who’s contesting the Lok Sabha polls from the identical constituency as an Impartial. On Wednesday, Sharma had alleged that Bista had given “undue benefit to an organization beneath the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission scheme”. Denying the allegations, Bista stated that he was by no means part of the Jal Jeevan Mission committee in Darjeeling district. In his letter to the EC, he sought steps towards Sharma and stated he was “making an attempt to affect the voters” forward of the election.