<p>Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi said: "We have made sure that the central paramilitary forces continue to be in position for 10 more days even after the conclusion of poll process. This is a special measure."<br /><br />The poll panel order follows complaints in some areas that voters were apprehensive of their security once the poll process was over.<br /><br />In his election campaign meetings Monday, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram had urged people to vote fearlessly, promising that he will ensure the paramilitary forces deployed stayed back for a few more days to instil a sense of security.<br /><br />The CEC also informed that Rs.6.21 crore and Rs.1.11 crore of illegal money had been seized by the Income Tax department and the poll panel's flying squad respectively.<br />"Without evidence we cannot say it is black money," he added.<br /><br />Re-polling has been ordered in a booth each in Beliaghata constituency of Kolkata and Ashok Nagar seat in North 24 Parganas, the CEC said.<br /><br />"The ballot unit of the electronic voting machine (EVM) was improperly placed at the booth in Ashok Nagar, while there was a discrepancy between the number of registered votes and those recorded in the EVM at Beliaghata," said EC sources.</p>
<p>Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi said: "We have made sure that the central paramilitary forces continue to be in position for 10 more days even after the conclusion of poll process. This is a special measure."<br /><br />The poll panel order follows complaints in some areas that voters were apprehensive of their security once the poll process was over.<br /><br />In his election campaign meetings Monday, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram had urged people to vote fearlessly, promising that he will ensure the paramilitary forces deployed stayed back for a few more days to instil a sense of security.<br /><br />The CEC also informed that Rs.6.21 crore and Rs.1.11 crore of illegal money had been seized by the Income Tax department and the poll panel's flying squad respectively.<br />"Without evidence we cannot say it is black money," he added.<br /><br />Re-polling has been ordered in a booth each in Beliaghata constituency of Kolkata and Ashok Nagar seat in North 24 Parganas, the CEC said.<br /><br />"The ballot unit of the electronic voting machine (EVM) was improperly placed at the booth in Ashok Nagar, while there was a discrepancy between the number of registered votes and those recorded in the EVM at Beliaghata," said EC sources.</p>