Kolkata: To check the violence during the filing of nominations for next month's panchayat polls in West Bengal, the State Election Commssion has ordered videography of the procedure in the run-up to the panchayat polls scheduled to be held on July 8. The counting of votes will be done on July 11.
According to the SEC, the order has been issued for the free and fair proceedings of the nomination filing procedure. 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.
West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged on Saturday that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government was creating an atmosphere of fear in West Bengal in the run-up to the panchayat polls.
The Congress leader said that their apprehension of the panchayat polls not being conducted peacefully in the state was coming true.
Earlier on June 8, Rajiva Sinha, the state election commissioner, informed further that the "The Model Code of Conduct has already come into effect. (with ANI inputs)
