Attempts being made to use postal ballot in favour of Trinamool, BJP writes to WB Chief Secretary

The Bengal BJP unit on Tuesday (March 9) wrote to the state's chief secretary stating that "attempts are being made to use the postal ballot in favour of the ruling TMC party".  

The letter that was written by West Bengal BJP leaders Mukul Roy, Swapan Dasgupta, Sabyasachi Dutta and Shishir Bajoria.

The letter that was written by West Bengal BJP leaders Mukul Roy, Swapan Dasgupta, Sabyasachi Dutta and Shishir Bajoria.

The letter reads, “We would like to draw your attention to an extremely critical issue that is plaguing the build-up to the first phase of voting of the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections, of attempts being made to use postal ballots as a mode to ensure proxy votes/Chappa votes in favour of the ruling party i.e. the Trinamool Congress.”

The letter reads, “We would like to draw your attention to an extremely critical issue that is plaguing the build-up to the first phase of voting of the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections, of attempts being made to use postal ballots as a mode to ensure proxy votes/Chappa votes in favour of the ruling party i.e. the Trinamool Congress.”

The BJP leaders further stated in the letter that they have written to the Kolkata Police Commissioner on the subject matter giving names of the offenders.

The BJP leaders further stated in the letter that they have written to the Kolkata Police Commissioner on the subject matter giving names of the offenders.

“On this subject matter, we had written to the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata on 1.3.2021 with our concerns, giving names of the offending Police officers. The modus operandi of this sinister operation is that under the banner of the Police Welfare Association, voter and Adhaar cards of the police personnel are being collected of all ranks. These details will be used to collect the postal ballots and in turn, affect proxy votes,” the letter said.

“On this subject matter, we had written to the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata on 1.3.2021 with our concerns, giving names of the offending Police officers. The modus operandi of this sinister operation is that under the banner of the Police Welfare Association, voter and Adhaar cards of the police personnel are being collected of all ranks. These details will be used to collect the postal ballots and in turn, affect proxy votes,” the letter said.

"The abovenamed officers are indulging in a criminal act, at the behest of the TMC and functioning as its party cadre. We demand these officers are suspended/ transferred immediately and put on non-electoral duty so that they are no longer able to influence or interfere in the smooth and fair conduct of the elections in the state", the letter’s closing statement read. 

"The abovenamed officers are indulging in a criminal act, at the behest of the TMC and functioning as its party cadre. We demand these officers are suspended/ transferred immediately and put on non-electoral duty so that they are no longer able to influence or interfere in the smooth and fair conduct of the elections in the state", the letter’s closing statement read.