Declare West Bengal \'super sensitive\' state: BJP to EC

Declare West Bengal 'super sensitive' state: BJP to EC

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The Wednesday urged the to declare as a "super sensitive state" to enure fair Lok Sabha polls there and demanded that central forces be deployed at all polling stations in the state.

Briefing the media after the meeting, Prasad said, "We have requested the that the state of should be declared as super-sensitive. And have also demanded that central forces should be deployed at all polling booths in the state."

He said the party has also requested the poll panel to transfer those police officers whose electoral impartiality is questionable as well as the from election duty.

The is trying to make inroads into TMC's bastion state (West Bengal) which has 42 Lok Sabha seats. In 2014, the Trinamool (TMC) won 34 seats, the four, while the BJP and CPI(M) bagged two seats each from the state.

The state assumes importance for the saffron party as it aims to win a sizeable number of seats there.

The BJP delegation also alleged that broke the Code of Conduct (MCC) and complained to the poll panel regarding the same.

"The party has requested the to take action against for levelling unverified allegations against the yesterday in Ahmedabad, where the code of conduct is already in effect," Prasad said.

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First Published: Wed, March 13 2019. 16:40 IST