NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, May 20 (TIWN): Supreme Court of India today has accepted the writ petition filed by Congress on West Tripura re-poll which was manipulated in data after the previous RO-Sandeep Mahatme had sought 433 booths’ repoll whereas it ended only with 168 booths’ repoll after EC Special Observer Vinod Zutshi’s interference.

The case has been accepted by Supreme Court whose diary no is – 18994 / 2019. In the petition, Congress State President Pradyot Manikya has thrown cannon of allegations against EC Observer Vindo Zutshi.

Before filing the petition, AICC had called an important meeting at Delhi on yesterdat to decide what will be Tripura Re-Poll related case’s main highlighted point which will be pressed in the Supreme Court of India on Monday.

The Congress President said, “Congress will no way give up and whatever the consequences it will be seen”.

There were two sets of meeting with Election Commissioner and Pradyot Manikya also met the Chief Election Commissioner along with central Congress leaders.

Congress pointed out, “When RO has reported that 433 booths were rigged how Special Observer (Vinod Zutshi) downed the booth numbers at 168 ?”

“There is a technical point, how the Special Observer overruled the decision of the RO and I wanted a written reply on this, even though Election Commission has not given us any written reply”, said Pradyot Manikya.

The Leftist Party in Tripura CPI-M also had filed a case in Supreme Court which was referred to the State High Court and after MP Sankar Prasad Dutta has filed a petition in the High Court, Tripura High Court has ordered the Election Commission to furnish its response by May 21 citing urgency of the case regarding re-poll seats announcement.  West Tripura constituency candidate Shankar Prasad Dutta filed a writ petition with the Tripura High Court demanding re-poll in whole constituency. The petitioner claimed on massive rigging, EC’s action against 11th April’s rigging, whereas only 168 booths re-poll was announced.