Tripura by-polls: Left Front alleges rigging, to boycott counting of votes

The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front on Wednesday announced that it will boycott the vote counting for the Tripura bye-polls, alleging that the Election Commission did not take steps to prevent large-scale rigging.

The polling in the Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly constituencies in Sepahijala district was held on Tuesday. The results will be declared on Friday.

The polls were held as CPI(M) leader Samsul Haque, who was elected from the Boxanagar constituency, died and Union minister Pratima Bhoumik, who won on a BJP ticket from Dhanpur, resigned.