Wednesday, June 5, 2013

BSF work in election duty praised- BSF minds booths with ease, centres with state jawans report breach

State, central force contrast on ground

The Telegraph
Monday , June 3 , 2013
Calcutta, June 2: State armed police looked the other way as outsiders entered booths, while gun-totting BSF jawans managed crowds with ease elsewhere — the Howrah parliamentary bypoll saw policing of both types that strengthened election officials’ belief that central forces were the best bet for the rural polls.
In several parts of Howrah, including vulnerable pockets of Bally, Liluah, Votebagan, Ghusuri, Panchla, Shalimar and Sankrail, BSF jawans took charge at the entry and exit points to almost all key polling centres and ensured that no one without valid documents made it to the queue.
No harsh words were said, no jostling either, just a firm word of caution made a difference.
Of the 1,851 booths in Howrah, about 60 per cent were under the joint surveillance of state police personnel and 35 companies of central forces. The remaining 40 per cent of the booths were under the state forces.

Final result for the Post of CT(TM) in BSF 2012