The president of the citizens forum Sailen Parbat said that the state administration and the State Election Commission have completely failed to provide safety and security to the common people during the panchayat election.
The State Election Commission called an all-party meeting on June 13 to discuss the Panchayat elections in West Bengal.
The West Bengal panchayat elections will be held in a single phase on July 8. The counting of votes will be done on July 11.
Earlier in the day, independent candidate Sultan Ansari won from the Abhiman Das ward in Ayodhya by 442 votes.
Rural development and Panchayati Raj minister, Anirudh Singh said that the Congress government in the state is women, youth and employee-friendly government.
The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission has updated the voter list for the forthcoming urban local body polls.
The State Election Commission said that the polling for 250 seats was held peacefully. The results of the polls will be declared on December 7.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), brisk polling is going on smoothly in all wards. "No untoward incident reported till now. Voters are showing keen interest and polling so far has been hassle-free and pleasant," said SEC.
Mr Ghosh said, “The State Election Commissioner is facing the music in the Calcutta High Court every now and then and yet he behaves like a 'servant' of the TMC and maintains a partisan attitude towards the Opposition members.”
The timing for polls on 22 January is from 7am to 5pm. Polling will be conducted using EVMs while the electoral roll of ECI being used is updated upto 01.11.2021. In terms of security, it was shared that all polling booths will have CCTV surveillance cameras while a meeting on security arrangements on polling day will be held on 4 January with the police.
