Kolkata: The election of the four civil bodies – Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Asansol and Chandernagore – scheduled to be held on January 22 have been suspended three weeks to 12 February.
The General Election Commission (SEC) on Saturday issued a new dismissal scheduling date immediately after the state government told the Calcutta High Court that he had no problems with the delay considering the covid pandemic.
Vote counting will be held on Feb 15 15, SEC Sumber said.
The development came a day after the division bench from Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee on Friday to decide SEC to decide within 48 hours if the election of the four civil bodies must be pushed back at four to six weeks considering the increase in Gorges.
In the case of Covid.
On Friday night, the Trinamool and BJP Congress wrote to seconds that proposed delays in polls.
Trinamool urged seconds to hold elections on February 12 after the election of the head of the Banerjee Mamata Party, who wanted a poll shifting to a date after Saraswati Puja in 5 February on Saturday, the Urban and Municipal Development Department wrote to the SEC said that the state government did not have The problem if the civil poll is suspended to date later.
SEC, in “Compliance” with a high court order and consulted with the state government, postponing the three-week election date.
Trinamool National Secretary Abhishek Banerjee thanked the High Court and SEC for delay decisions.
“Let’s work together to ensure that the level of premises in Bengal is reduced to less than 3% in the next three weeks,” he tweeted.
The clock’s need is to strengthen the fight against Covid, “Trinamool National Secretary Abhishek Banerjee Tweeted, gives a priority to Covid management for party politics.
I wholeheartedly thank the Hon’ble High Court & SEC to postpone polls with 3 weeks in the state .
Let us work with full …
https://t.co/yx1ew0opzh- Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) 1642249526000bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar said the party had urged seconds since December to suspend civilian poll in a pandemic situation.
“sec should have Delaying the poll with four to six weeks because it was directed by the High Court to consider, “said Majumdar.
The CPM leader Sujan Chakrabarty criticized the SEC for his partisan role in deciding on the date of the new poll.” Trinamool wants a poll in February.
12, seconds obey the party’s decision, “he said.
The left front then wrote to seconds who urged him to resist the vote count along with other civilians who went to the poll in the second phase.