Panchayat polls in West Bengal will witness a fierce contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress as it will be seen as a litmus test ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The State Election Commission has called an all-party meeting on June 13 to discuss the Panchayat elections in West Bengal, informed the state elections commission.
Majumdar will meet him on June 10 in light of the upcoming Panchayat elections in the state. The Panchayat elections in West Bengal will be held on July 8, the State Election Commission said on Thursday.
West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury requested Governor C V Ananda Bose in a letter yesterday to arrange for Central forces during the Panchayat elections to have free and fair elections.
National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that the upcoming Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir will usher in bringing basic democracy.
Panchayats have rewritten the fate of rural areas in J&K as the villages which didn't witness any development for 70 years are fast becoming model villages.
Ahead of the upcoming rural polls in the state, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee was visiting Cooch Behar as part of the launch of 'Trinamool ey Nabajowar', after which the scuffle broke out between the party workers.
In the run-up to the upcoming Panchayat elections in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC) will launch a two-month long campaign 'Trinamooley Nabajowar' to reach out to people, said party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday.