According to Subhas Chakraborty, a protege of former chief minister Jyoti Basu, the summer heat has taken its toll on the CPI-M leader, who will be 95 on July 8. Though Chakraborty appealed to the state chief electoral officer to make special arrangements for Basu, his appeal was rejected.
"A special request was made, but the law doesn't have any provision for postal ballot in such cases. A voter who has a problem can come to the booth in an ambulance," state Chief Electoral Officer Debashish Sen said.
Basu recently regretted his inability to campaign for Left Front candidates.
He is a voter in the Barasat parliamentary constituency where All India Forward Bloc candidate Sudin Chattopadhyay is pitted against Trinamool Congress candidate Kakali Ghosh Dastidar.
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