Chandigarh, Dec 13 (PTI) Senior Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday slammed the State Election Commission (SEC) for its alleged “inaction” despite detailed written representations to it, flagging “blatant misuse of police machinery, voter intimidation, and systematic attempts to vitiate” the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.

Voting for the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls will be held on Sunday.

In a statement, Bajwa said more than 24 hours have passed since he formally wrote to the state election commissioner, placing on record serious apprehensions about violence, booth capturing, vote rigging and partisan policing at sensitive polling stations across the Gurdaspur district. Show Full Article

He had sought deployment of adequate security forces, q

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