| |
|---|
News Desk: Furious with the EC’s decision of announcing by-elections in the Bhawanipore assembly constituency, the Bengal BJP unit questioned the body’s neutrality.
State BJP president Dilip Ghosh said “by-polls were due in five seats. Then why only Bhawanipore will go to polls. Is the EC somehow being influenced?”
Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said “Only the EC can tell for what reason by-polls will be held only at Bhawanipore. The State’s Chief Secretary wrote to the EC stating that if Mamata Banerjee does not win then there may be a constitutional crisis in the State”
“Even after winning 213 seats, the TMC did not find anyone else apart from Mamata Banerjee for the Chief Minister’s post. I was right in saying that the TMC is a private limited company” he added.
Election Commission’s announcement on the Bengal bypolls
Earlier today, the Election Commission (EC) announced that the Bhawanipore assembly seat bypoll will be held on September 30 and the counting will be on October 3.
EC said “Considering the constitutional exigency and special request from the state of West Bengal, it has been decided to hold bypoll for AC 159 – Bhawanipore. Much stricter norms have been kept by the Commission as an abundant caution to safeguard from COVID-19”
“After taking into consideration the inputs and views of Chief Secretaries of the concerned states, and the respective Chief Electoral Officers, the Commission has decided not to hold bypolls in other 31 Assembly constituencies and 3 Parliamentary constituencies” it added.
