Kolkata Feb 28 PTI West Bengal State Election Commissioner Saurav Das on Monday briefed Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on issues related to the civic poll in 108 municipalities on Sunday which was held amid allegations of intimidation and violence by opposition parties The governor tweeted that the SEC has been asked to take all steps to ensure fairness in the election process He had on Sunday likened the municipal election in the state to a war and admonished the State Election Commission for systematic failure SEC Shri Saurav Das briefed Guv Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar for over an hour regarding issues connected to municipal poll process he tweeted Dhankhar had on Sunday asked Das to brief him on inputs received by him about alleged intimidation and violence during the municipal poll in the state SEC has been indicated to take all steps to ensure poll fairness Dhankhar tweeted He also said that not holding election to Howrah Municipal Corporation amounts to failure of constitutional duty The governor on Sunday maintained that the municipal poll in West Bengal had virtually turned into a war The situation which has come before me is very horrifying and has put the democratic system to shame he said Dhankhar had also said that the administrative system and the officials were heavily partisan and those who had the constitutional duty to keep the situation peaceful were found wanting Echoing the NHRC-appointed committees observation rule of the ruler and not rule of law on post-poll violence in the state he had said The situation has become worse than that The BJP sponsored a 12-hour statewide shutdown on Monday alleging that the municipal election had turned into a farce with the ruling Trinamool Congress supporters resorting to violence and false voting The Left Front and Congress held separate protests over similar allegations PTI AMR KK KK KK

Kolkata Dec 25 PTI Dismissing media reports that claimed he had approved exclusion of areas of Bally Municipality from the jurisdiction of Howrah civic body West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said it is under consideration as inputs from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are awaited The governor had earlier accused the TMC government of not providing information he sought on Howrah Municipal Corporation amendment bill sent to him for his assent Taking to Twitter Dhankhar said Reports in media that West Bengal Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has put his seal of approval on the Howrah Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2021 are not correct It is under consideration under Article 200 of Constitution as inputs MamataOfficial are awaited Article 200 of the Constitution empowers a governor to either give or withhold assent to a bill or reserve it for the consideration of the President The Howrah Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill 2021 that proposed to separate Bally Municipality from the jurisdiction of the HMC was passed by the state assembly recently Meanwhile West Bengal State Election Commissioner Saurav Das called on Dhankhar on Friday and discussed issues related to pending polls to civic bodies in the state amid allegations of rigging and intimidation against the ruling TMC by opposition camps during the just-concluded Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections Elections to 111 municipal bodies are due in the state PTI SUS BDC BDC

Kolkata Dec 24 PTI West Bengal State Election Commissioner Saurav Das called on Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday and discussed issues related to pending municipal polls in the state amid allegations of rigging and intimidation against the ruling TMC by opposition camps during the just-concluded KMC elections A tussle had recently erupted between the SEC the state government and the governor over the issue of central force deployment for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC elections The SEC had opted for state police force deployment for the Kolkata elections despite opposition parties expressing apprehensions of violence and intimidation by TMC supporters WB State Election Commissioner Shri Saurav Das called on Governor West Bengal Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today at Raj Bhavan Kolkata Issues relatable to Municipal Elections MamataOfficial were traversed Dhankhar tweeted following the meeting Elections to 111 municipal bodies are due in West Bengal The SEC and the state government have told the Calcutta High Court that they plan to conduct elections to five municipal corporations -- Howrah Asansol Bidhannagar Chandannagar and Siliguri -- on January 22 and the remaining civic bodies on February 27 State Advocate General S N Mookherjee informed the Chief Justice on Friday that the governor has given his assent to a bill for excluding areas of erstwhile Bally municipality from Howrah Municipal Corporation paving the way for holding separate elections to the two bodies Dhankhar had earlier sent the bill back to the state government for reconsideration PTI AMR RMS RMS

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 19 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday condemned the crude bomb explosion outside a polling booth in Kolkata and said that peaceful voting is extremely important in a democratic system.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 6 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said that he has asked State Election Commissioner Saurav Das to meet him on Tuesday over preparedness for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, which are scheduled for December 19.