Repolling ordered at two polling booths in Punjab's SAS Nagar

Punjab State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday ordered repolling at two polling booths of SAS Nagar municipal corporation on February 17 after receiving reports of irregularities during polling on February 14. This is apart from three polling booths of municipal councils of Patran and Samana in Patiala where repolling is being held on Tuesday following reports of EVMs being damd by some miscreants on February 14.An official spokesperson of SEC said commission received reports from sub divisional magistrate-cum-returning officer (RO) through deputy commissioner-cum-district election officer SAS Nagar district in which y reported irregularities during polling.

y also sought repolling in booth number 32 and 33 of ward number 10 of Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar MC. commission anunced to nullify earlier polling conducted in se booths and ordered repolling on February 17 from 8 am to 4 pm in se two booths. counting for entire municipal corporation of SAS Nagar will take place on February 18.

Over 70 per cent voting was recorded in elections to over hundred civic bodies in Punjab on Sunday amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places.

opposition parties on Sunday accused ruling Congress of “capturing booths” and “indulging in violence”. P