Kolkata, May 2 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Saturday said that repolling in select booths is a routine electoral exercise, even as the Supreme Court declined to issue fresh directions on a plea related to the deployment of counting supervisors in West Bengal Assembly elections.

"From the time that I have been following elections, repolling is done in some seats. This is not new," Roy said, downplaying concerns around the ongoing repoll in parts of the state.

The remarks came after the Supreme Court of India disposed of a plea filed by the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), which had challenged a Calcutta High Court order regarding the deployment of only Central government and PSU employees as counting supervisors. A s...