Siliguri, April 23 -- The Assembly elections across North Bengal concluded under an apparently calm and peaceful atmosphere, but multiple incidents reported from different districts have raised serious questions about the credibility of a "free and fair" electoral process.
Despite elaborate arrangements by the Election Commission-including deployment of central forces, CCTV surveillance, and strict monitoring-allegations of false voting, violence, voter exclusion, and technical failures painted a far more complex picture on the ground. sSerious concerns emerged over alleged instances of false voting across several constituencies.
In Siliguri, at a polling station under Booth No. 235, a first-time woman voter discovered after standing in a...