Kozhikode: CPM state secretary Koidyeri Balakrishnan blasts poll commission
Kozhikode: Lack of proper planning on the part of the election commission has resulted in the unexpected delay in polling process, said CPM state secretary Koidyeri Balakrishnan. Addressing reporters after casting vote here on Tuesday Mr Kodiyeri said that it is for the first time so much of time was spent waiting in queue which was caused by the faulty arrangements of the EC. At some polling booths it was alleged that when one presses any one of the buttons the vote was cast on the lotus symbol, he said.
“This indicates the entry of ‘Modi’s polling machines’ in the state with this election,” he pointed out. “The incidents of voters collapsing down while in queue could have been avoided if there were perfect polling arrangements”, he pointed out. The number of booths should have been increased if the introduction of VVPAT polling machines necessitate more time”, he added.
On the possibility of LDF Mr Balakrishnan said that going by the trend in polling which registered an increase, the LDF will receive more votes as well as more seats. “In the Lok Sabha election of 2004 there was a huge polling which resulted in an outstanding victory of LDF which had won in 18 seats”, he said.
On the series of attacks on the final day of campaign Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said that it was UDF that started up all the attacks on the winding up day of the campaign. It was a meticulous attack. UDF deliberately created disturbance in Alathur constituency. They will unleash attack first and then they raise much hue and cry saying that it was Communist violence, Mr Balakrishnan said.
On the candidature of P Jayarajan in Vadakara constituency Mr Kodiy-eri Balakrishnan said that he is a victim of political violence. There will be a people’s surge in Vadakara against the UDF-BJP combine that transformed Jayarajan into a handicapped person.
He also said that BJP will not open account in the state this time as well. In all constituencies they will be the third runner up, he claimed.
