Booths 32 and 33 of Ward No 10 in Mohali to have repolling on Wednesday

Tribune News Service

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Mohali, February 16

The State Election Commission on Tuesday ordered repolling in Booths 32 and 33 of Ward No 10 in Mohali.

The repolling will be held on February 17 from 8 am to 4 pm.

The counting of votes only for the Mohali Municipal Corporation has been deferred from February 17 to February 18.

On February 14, the Azad Group candidate from Ward No. 10, Paramjeet Singh Kahlon, has lodged a complaint with the State Election Commission against Congress candidate Amarjeet Singh Sidhu. In his complaint, Kahlon alleged that members of Congress, aided by the police, captured the polling booth in Phase VII. He alleged that his election agents for booth number 32 and 33, Punjab Singh Kand and Rajinder Pal Singh, respectively, were forcefully and illegally evicted by the police on the directions of a senior police officer.