Basu, however, denied that the decision was taken in the

wake of violence that broke out during union elections at a college in Garden Reach area recently, which claimed the life of a police officer. "Such a decision has been taken in general and has no connection with any specific incidence of violence or any particular issue," the minister said. To a question about how union elections could be held just before or after examinations earlier, Basu claimed, in many cases, such polls were marred by violence during the time of then Left Front Government. "We want to avoid such incidents," he said.