#KolkataWest Bengal Municipality Election Decision in Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. The decision will be pronounced by a division bench of the Chief Justice. Polling is to be held in Kolkata on Sunday 19 December. Meanwhile, a pre-vote case has been filed in the High Court. 111 What is the future of municipal votes? When is the pre-vote? What will be the minimum marks at the end of the period of 111 Municipal Corporation votes? The answer to this question can be found on Wednesday.
High Court wants the votes of 111 municipalities of the state soon. The state argues that the state wants to hold the West Bengal Municipality elections by May 2022 after paying all the examination months in March-April. On the other hand, the State Election Commission argues that EVMs are inadequate. So it is not possible to vote together. The National Election Commission and the EVM loans given to 20 states do not match. So 111 municipalities will vote based on discussion with the state.
After Kolkata Bengal Vote (West Bengal Municipality Election) Commission has 746 EVMs in hand. The Chief Justice Division Bench questioned why the rest of the municipality did not vote with this EVM. According to the Election Commission, another 20,000 EVMs are required for simultaneous voting in 111 municipalities.
By the way, will all municipal votes in the state (West Bengal) be held together? Is it possible to count the votes together even if all the pre-polls are not held together? The answers to these questions can be found on Wednesday. Guidelines have already been drawn up. A division bench of the Chief Justice said this. Several cases were filed in the Calcutta High Court demanding simultaneous elections to the West Bengal Municipality. Those cases are heard together in the division bench of the Chief Justice. Earlier, the BJP had raised the question, although 91 municipal elections were held simultaneously in 2015, but this time where is the problem in holding all the previous elections?
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Let us tell you that before this, on the last hearing on December 10, the court wants to know that when will the votes of the expired municipalities take place? In response, the state attorney general said the referendum had not yet been planned. The state will be able to announce the date of the rest of the elections after December 19. The state itself will notify the court if it fails to vote by May.