Search BJP delegation alleges foul play by cops to enable proxy voting in Bengal Leaders write to Calcutta police commissioner demanding enquiry
A BJP delegation on Monday wrote to Calcutta Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra alleging that an illegal exercise was being carried out in the force to enable collection of postal ballot and effect proxy votes during assembly elections, set to begin on March 27.
In the letter undersigned by BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta and senior leaders Sabyasachi Dutta and Shishir Bajoria, the party claimed that a section of police officers, under the banner of Welfare Association, is collecting photocopies of voter and Aadhaar cards of their colleagues across all ranks as part of the operation.