HC rejects appeal for deployment of central forces during Kolkata civic polls, BJP moves SC

On Friday, the Calcutta High Court rejected the BJP's appeal for deployment of central forces in Kolkata during the civic body polls. The BJP has now moved the Supreme Court over the matter.

The Calcutta High on Friday rejected an appeal by the BJP against a single bench order which directed that the state police - and not central forces - will provide security for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election on December 19.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj directed that the State Election Commission (SEC), with the help of the state authorities, will take all possible measures to boost the confidence of voters.