India, Nov. 24 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, flagging concerns over the poll panel's decision to appoint private data entry operators and setting up polling stations in private housing complexes.

The chief minister said that while the timing and manner of the request for proposal to engage around 1,000 data entry operators "certainly raise legitimate doubts", the decision to set up polling stations in private housing complexes would have a "severe impact on the fairness of the electoral process".

"I urge you to examine these issues with utmost seriousness, impartiality and transparency. It is essential that the dignity, neutrality and credibility of t...