Relief for Mamata Banerjee: SC says no repoll in uncontested local body seats

Trinamool Congress won 20,178 of 58,692 panchayat seats without contest.

1st report on Bengal rural poll violence sketchy: Govt

More than a dozen people were killed in the violence during the local body elections.

The repolls were held following reports of widespread violence during panchayat polls on May 15 which had claimed at least 12 lives.

This happened as a result of people's agitation when the re-polling started late in booth number 36/37.

The minister for science and technology alleged that the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) was responsible for the clashes.

The CPI(M), with an opposite ideology to that of the BJP, never loses an opportunity to describe the saffron party as a “divisive force”.

The incident occurred in Shantipur of Nadia district on Sunday night.

The court cautioned state poll panel that the high court may even stall the poll process if the directive was not followed.

The top court, however, granted liberty to all candidates to approach the West Bengal State Election Commission for appropriate relief.

All opposition parties demanded to the state poll panel for the central paramilitary forces' deployment.