Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 26: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday has approached the Supreme Court urging to postpone the counting of votes of municipal elections that were held in Tripura on November 25.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal that the Supreme Court orders to free and fair municipal elections were violeted and people were not allowed to vote. The TMC also seeks a probe by the court monitored panel into the allegation levelled by them.
Sibal said, “I know but two battalions of CAPF were not provided. Two constables were also not provided to the contesting candidates. We have electronic media evidence with us. Kindly list these applications urgently.”
However, the ruling party, BJP refuted the charges and said that the opposition was trying to obtain public sympathy fearing defeat.
Notably, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide two additional companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF) to ensure free and fair civic polls in Tripura.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India informed on Friday that 81.52 % voting turnout at Tripura civic polls till 9.30 pm was reported. The counting of votes is scheduled to take place on November 28.
