New Delhi, May 15
The Election Commission will on Wednesday hold a review meeting with observers and state chief electoral officers for the last phase of Lok Sabha polls on May 19.The review meeting, to be held via video-conference, comes a day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles on streets of Kolkata during a massive roadshow by Amit Shah.
“Since nine out of 59 parliamentary constituencies going to the polls on May 19 are from West Bengal, it is natural that observers and poll officials from the state will also participate,” an official said.He, however, refused to say whether the focus would be on West Bengal.While the Trinamool Congress has sought a meeting with the Commission on the issue, a BJP delegation urged the Election Commission on Tuesday to bar West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in the state and alleged that “constitutional machinery” had collapsed there.
