EC awaits DEO's report on Roy's directive to partymen

With sitting Trinamool Congress MP from Dum Dum Sougata Roy allegedly urging his party workers to capture polling booths during coming Lok Sabha election, the Election Commission has asked the District Electoral Officer (DEO) concerned for an immediate report and video footage.
"Acting on the directive of the Commission, CEO Sunil Gupta today asked the DEO of the concerned district to submit a report on the issue along with its video footage," Assistant CEO Amitjyoti Bhattacharya said here today.
The complaint was lodged by CPI-M leaders.
Yesterday, Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi had said such a complaint had been received by the Commission, along with complaint against the state's Tourism Minister Krhnendu Narayan Chowdhury, besides several other complaints against some other leaders.

"The Election Commission will take appropriate steps," Zutshi had said yesterday after reviewing poll preparedness in a meeting with DMs and SPs, besides other senior officials.
Roy's alleged instruction to his party workers had sparked controversy early this week.

"People will have to take the call whether they will pay back CPI(M) in their own coin, since CPI(M) captured booths even in 2009 Lok Sabha election," Roy had allegedly said during a meeting of the party workers in Dum Dum parliamentary constituency where he is contesting this time too.
Bhattacharya said that so far two complaints, one against Trinamool Congress leader in Birbhum District Anubrata Mondal and the other against CPI(M) leader Anisur Rahman, were forwarded to the EC by the CEO allegedly for making derogatory remarks against their political opponents.

However, the CEO's office was yet to receive any feedback or directive on those complaints till date, he said.