Baniya Para is quite neatly demarcated into Hindu and Muslim enclaves by the main road leading to Sri Varshney Dharamshala. On the Hindu side, the residents told Catch many of them are “boycotting” this election. Reason? The “transfer” of polling booths to the “Muslim areas”. The Election Commission last month shifted the polling booth from Sri Varshney Dharamshala to Islamiya Primary School. In the nearby Turkman Gate, the booth was moved from Kanchan Trust Dharamshala to Prince Modern Public School. On 22 January, Hindus of Baniya Para had, in a letter, appealed the district election officer to change back the polling venues..