AGARTALA: The CPI-M in Tripura has demanded removal and replacement of the current returning officer stationed at Town Bardowali constituency.
The CPI-M has accused Asim Saha – the current returning officer stationed at Town Bardowali constituency in Tripura – of being biased and directly connected to the ruling BJP.
Notably, Tripura chief minister Manik Saha is contesting the by-elections in the state from Town Bordawali seat as a BJP candidate.
Tripura CPI-M secretary Jitendra Chowdhury in a letter to the state chief election officer (CEO) – Gitte Kiran Kumar, demanded the removal of Asim Saha as returning officer for by-election to Bardowali assembly constituency.
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Claiming Asim Saha’s activities as “pro-BJP”, Tripura CPI-M leader Jitendra Chowdhury said: “He cannot hold fair elections and people have no faith in him.”
“So, he has to be replaced with another officer immediately,” the CPI-M leader further stated in his letter to the Tripura CEO.
By-elections to four vacant assembly seats in Tripura are scheduled to be held on June 23.