Bengal civic polls | Calcutta High Court puts off hearing on BJP plea
The Hindu
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The legal bottlenecks regarding holding polls to 112 civic bodies in West Bengal continue with the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday postponing the hearing of a petition by Bharatiya Janata Party to November 29.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R. Bharadwaj, said it would hear the petition next Monday.
The BJP has approached the court seeking that polls to all municipalities in West Bengal be held on a single day. The Trinamool Congress and the State Government are of the opinion that election to the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and Howrah Municipal Corporation should be held on December 19 and that of other civic bodies later. The State Government has recently passed a Bill in the West Bengal Assembly for bifurcation of Howrah Muncipal Corporation.
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