Via PTI
KOLKATA: Polling started at 7 am on Saturday amid tight safety for the West Bengal panchayat elections, during which about 5.67 crore other folks residing within the state’s rural spaces are eligible to vote, officers stated.
A complete of two.06 lakh applicants are within the fray for elections to 73,887 seats within the three-tier panchayat machine within the state, they stated.
The election assumes importance for political events as it’ll function a chance for them to evaluate their organisational strengths and weaknesses forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, but even so extensively outlining the temper of the state after two years of the TMC executive’s 3rd consecutive time period.
Sporadic incidents of violence had been reported around the state after the election dates had been introduced on June 8, ensuing within the deaths of over 15 other folks.
There are 63,229-gram panchayat seats and 9,730 panchayat samiti seats in 22 districts, whilst 928 zilla parishad seats in 20 districts as Darjeeling and Kalimpong have a two-tier machine with Gorkhaland Territorial Management (GTA) and Siliguri Sub-divisional Council on the best.
Lengthy queues outdoor polling cubicles had been noticed as early as 6 am with other folks turning out early amid the intermittent rains.
The ruling TMC is contesting the entire 928 seats in zilla parishads, 9,419 seats in panchayat samitis and 61,591 seats in gram panchayats.
The BJP has fielded applicants in 897 zilla parishad seats, 7,032 panchayat samiti seats and 38,475 seats in gram panchayats.
The CPI(M) is combating 747 zilla parishad seats, 6,752 panchayat samiti seats and 35,411-gram panchayat seats.
The Congress is contesting 644 zilla parishad seats, 2,197 panchayat samiti seats and 11,774 gram panchayat seats.
A minimum of 600 corporations of central forces had been deployed for the elections at the side of round 70,000 state police.
Urging the folk to vote with out fail, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday stated he could be at the streets at the side of his staff throughout polling.
He’s scheduled to talk over with Barrackpore and Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district, and portions of Nadia district.
Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee at the side of TMC basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee led the ruling celebration’s marketing campaign, which revolved across the construction projects undertaken by means of the state executive and the MGNREGA finances stopped by means of the Centre.
The marketing campaign by means of the opposition events — BJP, CPI(M) and the Congress — principally focussed at the allegations of corruption, from the panchayat degree to the lecturers’ recruitment on the state degree, and political violence.
BJP MLA Ashok Lahiri, the previous Leader Financial Consultant (CEA), wrote to the district management of Dakshin Dinajpur in a single day, expressing fears of violence claiming that safety preparations had been insufficient at a number of puts.
He alleged that TMC staff entered some polling cubicles within the night time and snatched poll papers, but even so threatening BJP applicants.
At the different facet, TMC alleged that BJP staff had been threatening electorate in Purba Medinipur district’s Itaberia house.
The TMC additionally alleged that its candidate in Birulia village in Nandigram 2 block was once kidnapped by means of the BJP, and its staff had been threatened.
In a an identical incident in Nadia’s Hanskhali, TMC alleged that BJP supporters beat up one among its staff.
Within the closing panchayat elections in 2018, TMC bagged round 34 in keeping with cent of the seats uncontested, and gained 90 in keeping with cent of the remainder, amid allegations of violence.
KOLKATA: Polling started at 7 am on Saturday amid tight safety for the West Bengal panchayat elections, during which about 5.67 crore other folks residing within the state’s rural spaces are eligible to vote, officers stated.
A complete of two.06 lakh applicants are within the fray for elections to 73,887 seats within the three-tier panchayat machine within the state, they stated.
The election assumes importance for political events as it’ll function a chance for them to evaluate their organisational strengths and weaknesses forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, but even so extensively outlining the temper of the state after two years of the TMC executive’s 3rd consecutive time period.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
Sporadic incidents of violence had been reported around the state after the election dates had been introduced on June 8, ensuing within the deaths of over 15 other folks.
There are 63,229-gram panchayat seats and 9,730 panchayat samiti seats in 22 districts, whilst 928 zilla parishad seats in 20 districts as Darjeeling and Kalimpong have a two-tier machine with Gorkhaland Territorial Management (GTA) and Siliguri Sub-divisional Council on the best.
Lengthy queues outdoor polling cubicles had been noticed as early as 6 am with other folks turning out early amid the intermittent rains.
The ruling TMC is contesting the entire 928 seats in zilla parishads, 9,419 seats in panchayat samitis and 61,591 seats in gram panchayats.
The BJP has fielded applicants in 897 zilla parishad seats, 7,032 panchayat samiti seats and 38,475 seats in gram panchayats.
The CPI(M) is combating 747 zilla parishad seats, 6,752 panchayat samiti seats and 35,411-gram panchayat seats.
The Congress is contesting 644 zilla parishad seats, 2,197 panchayat samiti seats and 11,774 gram panchayat seats.
A minimum of 600 corporations of central forces had been deployed for the elections at the side of round 70,000 state police.
Urging the folk to vote with out fail, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday stated he could be at the streets at the side of his staff throughout polling.
He’s scheduled to talk over with Barrackpore and Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district, and portions of Nadia district.
Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee at the side of TMC basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee led the ruling celebration’s marketing campaign, which revolved across the construction projects undertaken by means of the state executive and the MGNREGA finances stopped by means of the Centre.
The marketing campaign by means of the opposition events — BJP, CPI(M) and the Congress — principally focussed at the allegations of corruption, from the panchayat degree to the lecturers’ recruitment on the state degree, and political violence.
BJP MLA Ashok Lahiri, the previous Leader Financial Consultant (CEA), wrote to the district management of Dakshin Dinajpur in a single day, expressing fears of violence claiming that safety preparations had been insufficient at a number of puts.
He alleged that TMC staff entered some polling cubicles within the night time and snatched poll papers, but even so threatening BJP applicants.
At the different facet, TMC alleged that BJP staff had been threatening electorate in Purba Medinipur district’s Itaberia house.
The TMC additionally alleged that its candidate in Birulia village in Nandigram 2 block was once kidnapped by means of the BJP, and its staff had been threatened.
In a an identical incident in Nadia’s Hanskhali, TMC alleged that BJP supporters beat up one among its staff.
Within the closing panchayat elections in 2018, TMC bagged round 34 in keeping with cent of the seats uncontested, and gained 90 in keeping with cent of the remainder, amid allegations of violence.