Kolkata, Oct. 14 -- West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday alleged that fair and independent elections were not held in the state for the past 50 years, claiming electoral results changed after people were allowed to vote freely.

Commenting on elections in West Bengal, Ghosh said, "It is true that for the past 50 years in Bengal, fair and independent elections were not held; people were not allowed to vote. As soon as fair elections began here, the results turned around. The party that had been ruling here for 15 years did not even get 3 per cent of the votes, so it has become clear where the vote theft was happening."

Ghosh criticised the Congress leader's approach, questioning the practical implementation of his ideas.

He said...