New Delhi, May 3 -- Calling the elections in West Bengal and Assam a "blot on democracy," Congress leader Rashid Alvi has alleged that irregularities were widespread across Bengal and not confined to a few locations.

He questioned the role of the Election Commission (EC) and paramilitary forces in ensuring free and fair polling amid reports of unrest in parts of the state.

Speaking to ANI on the recently concluded West Bengal election, Alvi claimed that electoral malpractices were not limited to isolated incidents but were occurring across the state. "Irregularities have not happened just at 2-4 places but throughout Bengal. The kind of elections that have taken place in Bengal and Assam is a blot on democracy..." he said on Saturday. ...