AGP’s Darrang district committee in Assam has moved State Election Commissioner over role of Panchayat poll officials
By Mayukh Goswami
Mangaldai : Just at a time when campaigning of Panchayat polls in Darrang district has been picking up , the Darrang district committee of Asom Gana Parishad has moved State Election Commission alleging partiality and political influence regarding declaration of uncontested winners and cancellation of nominations . Talking to APN 
News Swaraj Deka , Secretary of AGP’s Darrang district committee stated that there have been partiality and political influence in the process of cancellation of nominations and declaration of unopposed winning candidates especially in GP Ward Members of No11 Kurua GP under Sipajhar Development Block (AP) . The Authorized Officer (AO) in that GP , Atul Bora , who is also the Development Officer of that Block has played a partial role perhaps under pressure from the ruling political party and rejected the nomination of Parul Das, the AGP candidate for Ward No-10 of No11 Kurua GP couple of days after her nomination had been declared as valid by the same officer on November 18 following scrutiny and process of nomination withdrawal on Nov 19 last . The biased role of the AO thus paved the away for the lone BJP candidate to be declared as the uncontested winner . The same AO has earlier rejected nominations of three other AGP candidates Ramen Das , Nayanmani Das and Navalata Das for Ward No-1 , Ward No 6 & Ward No 8 respectively allegedly without any justified only to help the ruling BJP candidates easy wins . “ We had already approached the Deputy Commissioner for justice but as we have been denied , now on Friday we have moved the State Election Commissioner to offer us justice and ensure free and fair Panchayat polls in the district .” the AGP district secretary Deka maintained . Meanwhile on being asked , the Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kr Barman admitted some sort of carelessness on the part of the AO . However he ruled out possibility of any changes in the decision of the AO which has been empowered in the Panchayat Act . “ What I would say lack of necessary care on the part of the AO which resulted leaking of information from the official file . However now it beyond my power to change the earlier decisions .” reacted Deputy Commissioner , Barman .
