Over 5,000 complaints by parties via Samadhan app in Bengal: EC

Over 5,000 complaints have been registered by political parties via the Samadhan app in poll-bound West Bengal, an Election Commission official said here on Wednesday.

Grievances by parties outnumber those by citizens.

Out of the total 9,914 grievances lodged via the app so far, 5,276 are by political parties, said Election Commission official Amitjyoti Bhattacharya.

"From parties there are 5,276 complaints. Out of this, 4,765 have been disposed and 511 grievances are under process of disposal," Bhattacharya said.

The rest of the complaints are by citizens, he said.

"So out of 9,914 complaints, the total disposed are 8,898, while 1,016 are under the process of disposal," he said.

A Left Front delegation led by CPI-M leader Rabin Deb visited Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta and urged him to take immediate action over the 109 complaints lodged by them, failing which the party will launch a demonstration outside the poll panel's office.