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The Election Commission has ordered repolling at fifteen booths in West Bengal following reports of irregularities during the second phase of voting. The repolling, scheduled for the second of May, will take place at eleven booths in Mangalkot and four booths in Diamond Harbour.
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00:06All right, there were certain Boots viewers when West Bengal voted in the second phase
00:10that had reported certain irregularities.
00:13The Election Commission is now all set to hold repolling on the 2nd of May at 15 Boots,
00:20which is tomorrow.
00:21Repolling on 11 Boots in Mangrahat, Paschim, 4 Boots in Diamond Harbour to also vote again.
00:28Reports in relation to complaints related to 144 Faltha Assembly Constituency is awaited,
00:34if you remember.
00:35Faltha, a controversy there where certain voters had alleged that tape was put on the BJP button.
00:43As per sources, the schedule of more than 30 Boots of the Faltha Assembly Constituency is awaited.
00:48So those 30 Boots notwithstanding, the EC has ordered repolling that will take place on the 2nd,
00:572nd of May, which is tomorrow at 15 Boots.
01:01Of course, these 15 Boots do not include the 30 Boots in Faltha.
01:06I want to quickly cut across right now to my colleague Anirban, who's joining us for more.
01:11But before we cut across to him, let's listen in to all the reactions coming in.
01:16What happened in Mangrahat West is welcome.
01:21The Diamond Harbour was supposed to be in 11 Boots, only 4 Boots, and the whole Faltha segment should be
01:27in 60 Boots.
01:28It should be in 60 Boots in the 30 Boots.
01:29How did the Faltha come in order?
01:32How did the Faltha come in order?
01:52So that's a quick reaction coming in from Shivindu Adhikari from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
01:57But the latest is coming in from the Election Commission.
02:00Repolling has been ordered on 15 Boots.
02:02These Boots viewers do not include the 30-odd Boots where a lot of voters had reported anomalies where the
02:12EVMs were concerned.
02:13Now I want to cut across to my colleague Anirban Sinha Roy, who's joining us for more.
02:18Anirban, what's the latest?
02:20Any word coming in on the Boots regarding Faltha?
02:28Well, see, what we have seen so far is the notification given by the ECI,
02:32where it was stated that 15 Boots will go on to repoll tomorrow.
02:36That is on 2nd of May.
02:38And another sources from the ECI as well as the CEO of West Bengal is telling us
02:43that more 30 Boots could go to repoll on 2nd of May either or else 3rd of May
02:49because there is several irregularities being complained from the Faltha Boots
02:54because from the Faltha Assembly constituency where labelling of the tapes in the EVM machines' buttons
03:00and also by allegations by the BJP, where the BJP candidate had complaints against the Trinamul Congress
03:09and also labelling of the buttons that the BJP lotus symbol.
03:14So that's why what we have learned so far is maybe in some time the ECI as well as the
03:20CEO of West Bengal
03:21will give a notification on another 30 Boots that will go on.
03:24Fair enough.
03:25And we are awaiting that, Anir Banh because repolling would need to take place at best by tomorrow
03:31if not day after because counting is on the 4th of May.
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