margao several activists along with consensus candidates from salcete constituencies on sunday demanded a probe by the election commission into several pollrelated discrepancies reported from various constituencies in salcete while claiming that the march 3 elections were not free and fair at all activists at a press conference held at a city hotel here on sunday demanded to know from authorities the meaning of section 144 in a written complaint lodged with the election commission independent fatorda candidate and social activist advocate jawaharlal dias stated that the elections were conducted in a fraudulent manner in many polling booths adding that the negligent conduct of elections was on account of the failure to dissolve the goa legislative assembly which is mandated by law it may be recalled that tense moments were witnessed at the jawarhalal nehru stadium at fartorda where several independent candidates and candidates belonging to other political parties gheraoed the returning officers stationed at the stadium demanding action against sitting mla across many constituencies whose election agents canvassed for their candidates inside the polling booth it was total misuse of the state machinery and therefore we demand an enquiry and immediate action against those found guilty stated a memorandum to the ec signed by the activists and affected candidateselections 2012 newsgoa assembly elections 2012