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Trinamool Congress Bags Over 34 Per Cent Panchayat Posts Unopposed
BJP workers protest democracy’s death in West Bengal. (pic via Twitter)
Of the total 48,650 panchayat posts, 16,814 have already been won by TMC candidates as no other candidates had filed for the nominations from the seats. 3,059 panchayat samitis and 203 zilla parishad posts have also been decided without contest.
Meanwhile, the state election commission (SEC) has been accused of being ‘insincere’ by the BJP and the party is likely to file a petition questioning the SEC’s handling of the nomination process today (30 April).
The SEC had earlier been directed by the Calcutta High Court (HC) to hold a ‘meaningful’ meeting with the stakeholders in the polls. However, the BJP has said that the meeting held by the SEC wasn’t meaningful at all.
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