Post poll win, TMC prepares for 21 July rally
Trinamul Congress is gearing to make the 21 July rally a grand success and senior party leaders feel that there will be a historic gathering this year.
Trinamul Congress is gearing to make the 21 July rally a grand success and senior party leaders feel that there will be a historic gathering this year.
Ruling Trinamul Congress suffered a setback in its stronghold Bhangar area after losing Polerhat-II gram panchayat to the Indian Secular Front (ISF)-Jami Rakshma Committee (JRC) alliance. The alliance has won most of the seats in Polerhat-II GP with a tally of 24 seats.
Following re-polling at 696 panchayat booths, after the voting on July 8 was declared void in light of alleged rigging, booth capturing and multiple reports of electoral malfeasance and voter intimidation
Repolling was held in 696 polling stations across state with poll pc 69.80
Re-polling is underway in 697 booths across five districts of West Bengal on Monday following the violence during the panchayat polls in the state on July 8.
Interestingly, missing from the displays are graffiti, posters and banners of the fourth largest political party of the state, the Congress.
The former leader of Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM), in a letter, drew the attention of the governor to three incidents of poll code violence in Darjeeling Hills.
In his resignation letter, party’s district secretary wrote: "Newcomers have been given priority over those struggling since 1998 with our leader Mamata Banerjee."
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent a communique to the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) seeking clarification on the deployment of 337 companies of central armed forces that has already been requisitioned for the July 8 panchayat polls in the state.
SEC also sought immediate deployment of first batch of 22 companies, in accordance with HC order
