This Indian Express reprot reveals the new paradigms of poll rigging. So much for the "Vibrant democracy" of India
What they didn’t want you to see: EC on how Left ‘rigs’ Bengal polls
From using a ‘strong scent’ to mark out voters to planting dummies to slow down voting in Opp bastions: EC observer Amanullah’s report on 2004 polls in Bengal could become a manual for next year’s election
SANTWANA BHATTACHARYA
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 17: The Election Commission has kept it a top secret—a 10-page report by its Special Observer Afzal Amanullah on what he calls “organised rigging” by “a particular political party” during the 2004 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal. The reference clearly is to the CPM-led Left Front. Despite a PIL, despite strident demands by the Opposition, the report has never been made public. Not without reason.
To find out why look at:
http://indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=84196
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