West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Thursday backed the State Election Commission\u2019s decision to move the Supreme Court seeking adequate security for holding the panchayat elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cit is a step in the right direction,\u201d Narayanan told media persons here.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe need now is to find some way to hold the elections. Going to the Supreme Court is one such means. Because we need to hold the elections with the adequate security. One has to ensure there is no violence,\u201d the governor said, a day after the apex court issued notice to the central and West Bengal governments on a petition by the state\u2019s election commission.<\/p>\n
The matter has been listed for hearing Friday.<\/p>\n
Chief Minister\u00a0Mamata Banerjee\u2018s government has been locked in a legal tussle with the SEC on various issues related to the panchayat polls for the past couple of months.<\/p>\n
Narayanan\u2019s comments received the thumbs up from opposition parties Communist Party of India-Marxist, Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has said he right thing. The commission wants to hold elections. But the\u00a0Mamata Banerjee\u00a0government does not. So, the panel moved the Supreme Court,\u201d said CPI-M state secretariat member Rabin Deb.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SEC has done nothing wrong by moving the Supreme Court. It has every right to move the highest judiciary. The governor is absolutely right,\u201d said state Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya.<\/p>\n
State BJP chief Rahul Sinha said: \u201cThe governor has said what is true. All people in West Bengal share the same feeling. There was no alternative before the SEC\u201d.<\/p>\n
(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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