Chennai: The DMK and the PMK on Tuesday moved the Madras High Court seeking re-polling in 239 booths in the city alleging irregularities during the first phase of local body elections.
In his petition, Chennai Mayor M Subramanian of DMK also sought a direction to State Election Commission authorities to count the votes polled for the posts of mayor and councillors simultaneously and cancel the elections to the other local bodies held on Monday.
PMK Mayoral candidate AK Moorthy filed a separate petition with similar prayers.
Meanwhile, in a contempt petition, city advocate G Poonkunran alleged that SEC S Ayyar and Corporation Commissioner D Karthikeyan had "purposely avoided" installing video cameras in all polling booths in the city corporation elections as ordered by the bench comprising Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam on October 14.
They had wantonly failed to draw any plan of action and neglected to implement the court's orders in true letter and spirit, he contended.
He also alleged that sufficient number of police personnel from other states and the CRPF were not requisitioned.
"The authorities were not afraid of the court orders, but willingly obeyed their political masters," the DMK alleged.
The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday.
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