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AGARTALA, May 3 (TIWN): A Congress delegation would meet Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath in Delhi to brief him about the malpractice in the name of Parliamentary election in the Marxist rule Tripura.A team comprising four members of Congress would present all the video footages and documents before the Chief Election Commissioner in a meeting to be held in Nirbachan Sadan in Delhi on May 6, said PCC working president Asish Kumar Saha here today.
The team includes PCC working president – Asish Kumar Saha, Pradesh Youth Congress president – Sushanta Choudhury, Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson – Dr. Ashok Sinha along with All India Congress Committee legal cell head –KC Mittal.
Earlier, the opposition had sent a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner demanding removal of Ashutosh Jindal from the post of CEO owing to his failure to conduct free and fair election in the state. However, the EC did not pay heed on the demand made by the opposition party.
At the same time, the main opposition party opposed the bandh called by a little-known political outfit- Tripura Pragatishil Gramin Congress (TPGC) saying that it is not going to make any impact on the malpractice.
Another opposition party- Trinamool Congress also opposed the bandh in protest against the malpractice at a polling station in Bishalgarh subdivision. “ We will not support the bandh called by TPGC and the party will accept the verdict of the voters with holding hand”, said party Chairman Ratan Chakraborty.
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