West Bengal Governor Dr CV Anand Bose arrived at the famous Kalighat temple in Kolkata on Friday morning and prayed for peaceful voting in the elections being held in three Lok Sabha seats in North Bengal. After that, the Governor is monitoring the developments in the three Lok Sabha constituencies, Cooch Behar, J Lapaiguri and Alipurduar since morning, sitting in the peace room opened in Raj Bhavan.
While leaving the Kalighat temple, the governor told reporters that he would stay in the peace room throughout the day and monitor the developments. I am available to people in the peace room 24 hours a day by email and phone. The Raj Bhavan Peace Room also receives continuous complaints from these three quarters regarding sporadic violence, disruption of voting, threats etc.
A Raj Bhavan official said the peace chamber had received more than 100 complaints from these three areas till 10 am. In fact, the governor had planned to camp in Kutch Bahar on the polling day to instill confidence among voters in the face of electoral violence in the state, as this constituency reported the highest number of incidents of violence in the last assembly. Panchait Elections.
However, the Election Commission on Wednesday advised the governor not to visit there on polling day, following which the governor postponed his visit to Cooch Behar and is keeping an eye on the Raj Bhavan itself. The committee sent him an email saying that his visit on the election day would violate the model code of conduct. Trinamool Congress also filed a complaint with the committee against the governor alleging attempts to interfere and influence the elections in Cooch Behar. was.
The governor claimed that he decided to go to Cooch Behar because he wanted to be with the people on the voting day, but he saw that his intention was being politicized. My focus is to fight violence in the country, especially during elections. That’s why I wanted to go to Cooch Behar, but an attempt was made to politicize it. He does not want the honor of his position to be tarnished and for someone to treat him as a pawn in any political game. Therefore he decided to cancel his North Bengal tour.
The governor works against violence
Let us tell you that on March 16, the day the Election Commission announced the schedule for Lok Sabha elections across the state, the Governor said that he would be on the streets on the day of voting from the very first day. I will go out on the street at six in the morning. I will be available to people. The political holi of human blood that happened in last year’s panchayat elections must not be allowed.
