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WB Polls: BJP asks EC to deploy female CPF personnel to verify burqa-clad voters

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(BJP) on Thursday requested the Deputy Election Commissioner to deploy female CPF personnel in Muslim-dominated areas to verify burqa-clad voters in the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state.In the letter, the BJP said that it is not possible for CPF jawans to establish the identity of burqa-clad females before permitting them entry into the booth during the polling.Also Read | Covid curve slumping across India"In minority (Muslim) areas, female voters normally come clad in burqa.

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