Calcutta High Court dismissed a petition by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) against the Chief Electoral Officer's decision to deploy only Central government employees as vote-counting supervisors in the assembly elections.
The court said that micro observers, counting agents of the candidates, and other personnel will also be in the room, making it 'impossible' to believe the TMC's allegations of BJP influence.
The court also observed that it did not find any 'illegality' in EC appointing a counting supervisor and a counting assistant from the Central Government.
The TMC can further file an election petition if it can prove that the central government employees are helping BJP candidates by manipulating votes.
