CPIM candidate files petition before Cal HC for declaring KMC polls null and void
Kolkata Dec 20 PTI A CPIM candidate on Monday filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC elections held on the previous day be declared null and void due to violence by TMC supporters while the BJP separately prayed for being allowed to submit evidence of such acts in connection with its petition pending before the court A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj which is seized of BJPs petition had on Friday directed the State Election Commission state DGP and Kolkata Police commissioner to submit reports of compliance ensuring peaceful free and fair conduct of KMC elections by December 23 The division bench before which CPIM candidate Debalina Sarkars lawyer prayed for permission to file the petition allowed the prayer and said that the matter will be heard together with the BJPs petition on December 23 Alleging acts of violence by ruling Trinamool Congress supporters Sarkars lawyer Sabyasachi Chatterjee said that the petition seeks that the KMC elections held on Sunday be declared null and void The state BJP separately moved the bench seeking to produce evidence of violence during Sundays civic polls in the city which the court said may be brought up during the December 23 hearing The state BJP had moved the division bench challenging a single bench order that refused its prayer for deployment of central paramilitary forces for the KMC elections PTI AMR ACD ACD
Kolkata Dec 20 PTI A CPIM candidate on Monday filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC elections held on the previous day be declared null and void due to violence by TMC supporters while the BJP separately prayed for being allowed to submit evidence of such acts in connection with its petition pending before the court A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj which is seized of BJPs petition had on Friday directed the State Election Commission state DGP and Kolkata Police commissioner to submit reports of compliance ensuring peaceful free and fair conduct of KMC elections by December 23 The division bench before which CPIM candidate Debalina Sarkars lawyer prayed for permission to file the petition allowed the prayer and said that the matter will be heard together with the BJPs petition on December 23 Alleging acts of violence by ruling Trinamool Congress supporters Sarkars lawyer Sabyasachi Chatterjee said that the petition seeks that the KMC elections held on Sunday be declared null and void The state BJP separately moved the bench seeking to produce evidence of violence during Sundays civic polls in the city which the court said may be brought up during the December 23 hearing The state BJP had moved the division bench challenging a single bench order that refused its prayer for deployment of central paramilitary forces for the KMC elections PTI AMR ACD ACD
