KOLKATA: Bengal BJP Wednesday trained its guns on the role of central forces during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and alleged that “false voting“ had ruined the party’s chances in a number of constituencies.
“The central forces were deployed following EC’s order. But they did not have an independent role to play here. State police controlled them throughout the poll process,” Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said.
BJP’s Ranaghat MP Jagannath Sarkar, too, raised questions on the central forces earlier in the day.“Where was the central force when Trinamool continued proxy and false voting? I did not see them anywhere nearby. I have closely watched how they behaved on poll day,” Sarkar said.
Former Union minister Nishith Pramanik also alleged there had been false and proxy voting in nearly 8% of booths in Cooch Behar.
Adhikari said BJP had potential in a number of seats that they lost like Arambag, Midnapore, Bankura and Cooch Behar. “Proxy and false votes, this time, crossed a total of 25 lakh,” he claimed.