Principal Opposition party CPIM on Sunday wrote a letter to the State Election Commissioner (SEC) demanding strict action against BJP workers who allegedly threatened saying people contesting from CPI (M) or Congress ticket in Panchayat Polls shall be throttled to death.
In a letter to SEC Saradindu Chowdhury, CPIM state committee secretary Jitendra Chaudhury said on June 29 BJP followers had brought out a convoy of 10/12 vehicles led by one Subrata Rudrapaul, BJP leader working in BMS in Dharmanagar under North District. This convoy made tour in several villages namely Sakaibari, Baruakandi. Chandrapur, Raghna etc. Panchayats and openly threatening with mike that anybody dreams of contesting in the ensuing Panchayat election either from CPI(M) or Congress ticket shall be throttled to death'.
“It is unimaginable that in a democratic country such type of open threat against democracy could be perpetrated without any preventive action either from police or from any authority in Administration. This happened vindicating the apprehension expressed in the Memorandum by our party delegation led by Manik Dey who met you on 24th June. Also, this is an open challenge to your independent authority as State Election Commissioner”, the letter reads.
He said that being a ruling party BJP should have discharged greater responsibility to let the election be conducted in a most free and fair manner.
“Instead, it seems that they stand as a stumbling block against democracy to roll on in the state. Under the circumstances, hope, you would apply your independent authority as State Election Commissioner for the sake of conducting election a fair manner and take actions”, he said.
Chaudhury who is also Leader of Opposition said demanded the SEC to direct the competent police authority to immediately arrest Subrata Rudrapaul and his followers who openly threatened against nomination by opposition in the Panchayats and initiate legal action against them and all the vehicles joined in that convoy may be seized and owners of those may be legally prosecuted.
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