The Opposition parties in West Bengal, in a meeting with the Election Commission of India full bench on Thursday, demanded heavy deployment of Central forces in the state during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to ensure a free and fair election. The political parties also demanded that the Central forces should not be kept under the control of State police officials as “they act as per orders of the TMC leaders”. The full bench of the ECI, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, met representatives of various political parties here.

WB Opp parties demand deployment of Central forces during LS polls