CPIM state secretary Jitendra Chowdhury wrote a letter to CEO Kiran Gitte requesting him to discard idea of formation of Booth Awareness Groups (BAG) in each booth.
“I am sorry to say; never this was discussed in any all party meeting held so far. However, we are placing our strong objection on formation of such BAG”, the letter reads.
He further said that there is already an awareness group working in each of the polling booth comprising concerned BLO and BLAs of political parties.
“Then why does it necessitate to be widened with the members of various social groups? The BLOs are directed to select names from various social groups namely, youths, social workers, educationist, NSS activist and NGOs etc. to include in the BAG”, the letter reads.
“In such a condition, can you expect, the BLOs will pick up the persons from social groups with integrity and neutrality in each of the polling booths? We believe, practically it will be nothing but a booth committee sponsored by ruling party having seal of the Election Commission. What is the objective of formation of such BAG, what kinds of task will the BAG perform; the jurisdiction of their task etc nothing has been defined. Lastly, While the electors of the state are sharply polarized among the 2/3 political platforms, it is impractical to pick up so many apolitical individuals to form BAG in each of the 3328 polling booths”, the letter reads.
He further requested that CEO to discard this idea of formation of BAG in each booth and said, “So far ‘awareness’ of the electors are concerned, I think, the body comprising BLO and BLAs in a booth sufficient and widening this body with the representatives of various social groups would only create controversy”.
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