"The court has allowed the election but has taken exception to the remarks of the Chief Secretary because being a public servant he was trying to secure the personal interest of an individual,"
Majumdar, who was taking out his first rally in the city after becoming the state unit chief, then got engaged in a verbal spat with the police, alleging that the latter had stopped them under the instruction of the ruling party.
'People never thought Mamata could lose in Nandigram though most were sure of stiff competition. The invincible impression has now shattered and that is evident in the full-scale campaign efforts that the TMC has launched to gather votes for their supremo'
What stirred the criticism was, the guideline which said that “institutional quarantine and safe home services may be re-opened if required (but after 30.09.2021 after Bhawanipur Assembly Election) to contain the Covid situation in Kolkata during and after Durga and Kali Pujas.”
The petitioner asked whether the bureaucratic head of the state has the jurisdiction to request the Election Commission to conduct elections to a particular constituency just because the Chief Minister of the state 'intends to contest' from there.
