Some jute producers have reneged on contracts to sell to the government, exacerbating shortages, Ms. Kanwar added.

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Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Dilashad denied media reports that the commission had already sent recommendations to the government recommending postponement.

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"Every (ballot) paper will be counted in the presence of observers, the election agents, the polling agents, before the media, " Secretary of the Election Commission Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad said.

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Arti Kanwar, deputy jute commissioner, a Kolkata-based Indian bureaucrat whose office buys jute sacking from producers, said the government for years has supported the industry by procuring at above market prices.

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