Cong to move court against ‘bungling’ in vote counting
Saturday, 25/05/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130525/punjab.htm#7
Fatehgarh Sahib : Alleging large-scale bungling during the counting of votes in Kheri block of the district, the Congress has decided to file a writ petition in the court seeking a re-poll.
Local MLA Kuljeet Singh Nagra alleged that the official machinery was hand in glove with the SAD leaders and had rejected a large number of Congress votes during counting in Khera and Chanarthal zones. He alleged that not only the seals of various ballot boxes were broken before the counting began, but a few of the boxes had votes of villages falling in other zones.
Nagra said he was surprised the way the elections were conducted in the five blocks of the district. “First of all, a large number of nominations (of Congress candidates) were cancelled. Then, our supporters were threatened on the polling day. To top it all, the ruling alliance rejected the Congress votes,” he said.
Despite that, he said, the Congress had improved its tally by grabbing 40 per cent of the seats in the block samiti elections in Fatehgarh Sahib. He said in Khamano block, the party had got a full majority.
