Bengal: Re-poll demand gains ground in Rejinagar amid allegations of booth irregularities

Kolkata, Oct 6 (UNI) A demand for a repoll gained momentum in Rejinagar on Tuesday after the former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee backed candidate Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the Congress and the Aam Unnayan Janata Party (AUJP) alleged irregularities during polling in the Murshidabad constituency. Sources in the Murshidabad district election office said the constituency recorded 69 per cent polling till 2 p.m. Rabiul Alam Chowdhury of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress demanded re-polling, while Congress leaders, including Congress candidate Abdullahil Kafi, alleged that their polling agents were attacked and removed from booths. Kafi and other Congress workers staged…