This came a day after the Kolkata Police formed a team to investigate allegations that Governor CV Ananda Bose had inappropriately touched a female staffer.
The Calcutta High Court has declined the bail prayer of former Education Minister and Member of Legislative Assembly Partha Chatterjee in the cash-for-jobs recruitment scam, involving the illegal.
Her party, the TMC, also lodged a complaint with the Election Commission, alleging that the CBI carried out an “unscrupulous raid” to tarnish the image of the party on a polling day.
In the wake of a large number of candidates contesting from the seat, the Election Commission has decided to put two EVMs/ballot units at every polling booth in the Raiganj constituency.