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"We have informed the ECI full bench that we have received reports that the BSF jawans are threatening the villagers residing in the bordering areas of the state. They are intimidating them to vote for a particular party claiming that the District Magistrate will not be able to do anything as the border areas are manned by them," TMC Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said. Chatterjee also urged the ECI to conduct mock polls with the EVMs and VVPATs till the political parties are convinced. Chatterjee was accompanied by Hakim, state Panchayats minister Subrata Mukherjee and senior TMC leader Subrata Bakshi. "BSF is a professional Border Guarding Force which has in the past, and also in the present, guarded our international borders with total sincerity and dedication..