Kolkata, May 1 -- Taking into account the reports tampering with EVMs at some polling booths, the Election Commission on Friday announced repolling in 15 polling stations in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, where voting was held on April 29 in the second phase of the Assembly elections.

The repolling will be held on 11 booths of Magrahat Paschim Assembly constituency and 4 booths of Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas on May 2, the EC said.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has welcomed the EC's decision, adding that polling should be taken on more booths of the two assembly segments. On the other hand, Trinamool Congress blamed BJP for the incidents that led to the repolling, calling it a devious strateg...