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Bengal Panchayat Election 2023: Central forces have been deployed after the clashes in the wake of the Panchayat elections to be held in West Bengal. Meanwhile, terming 822 companies of central forces as insufficient for free and fair panchayat elections in the state, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary on Sunday (June 25) demanded deployment of more central forces.
MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary also demanded that the panchayat elections should be held in at least six phases instead of one phase. Chowdhary said, "In proportion to the number of polling stations, I think this number of central forces (822 company) is insufficient. I demand that more central forces be sent to West Bengal for the panchayat elections."
There was widespread violence in the state
The State Election Commission (SEC) informed the Calcutta High Court on Friday that it had decided to deploy central forces for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal. 822 companies have demanded. At least eight people were killed and several injured in different parts of the state over the past two weeks in widespread violence during the filing of nominations for the three-tier panchayat polls in Bengal.
Central forces should be used strategically – Congress leader
During a program at Kolkata Press Club, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary told reporters that State Election Commissioner Rajeev Sinha should be given a free and fair election. Central forces should be used strategically to ensure polling.
He said, "Central forces should be deployed just like assembly or Lok Sabha elections. Only then the panchayat elections will be free and fair… I believe that the polling should be done in six or more phases."
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