NEW DELHI, May 20 (TIWN): A BJP delegation led by Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Railway minister Piyush Goyal approached the Election Commission (EC) and urged it to conduct repoll in the constituencies where violence had taken place during all the phases of the Lok Sabha polls in some states.

Goyal said, "We have met the Election Commissioners and informed them about the violence that took place in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha polls and requested for repolling in all the violence-affected constituencies (in West Bengal). We have also demanded that the EC to withdraw the false cases made against BJP leaders in West Bengal."

The Union minister further said, "We have informed the EC about West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's threat to people of the state that she will deal with them after the polls. We feel that there is a chance of violence in West Bengal now and even after the counting is over. Therefore, we request the poll watch body to ensure that the Central forces will continue to be stationed in the state till the MCC is over."