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 Days after the Calcutta High Court order to requisition central forces for deployment in panchayat elections to the West Bengal State Election Commission, Central Forces on Saturday held a route march in Bolpur town of Birbhum district to instil confidence in the voters.

The court observed that there are more districts now compared to 2013, and it is going to be a single-phased election while in 2013 there were five phases of elections

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed the State Election Commission's (SEC) challenge against the Calcutta High Court order to deploy Central Forces in all districts for the Panchayat polls.

India News: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Calcutta high court order for deployment of central forces for Panchayat elections in West Bengal. The top cour

After several CPI(M) candidates withdrew their nominations from the Salanpur area of Paschim Bardhman district, the party's local area committee secretary, Ranjan Sarkar, said that they were being “threatened to death”.

His remarks came after the final day of filing nominations on June 15 witnessed continued clashes across various parts of the state

"A direction was passed on the Petitioner (WB State Election Commission) for deployment of Central Forces without providing adequate opportunity to th

"People are scared, candidates who have filed nominations had to run away from home out of fear," said Chowdhury

SC will hear a plea challenging the deployment of central forces in West Bengals panchayat elections on June 20. The state election commission and the Bengal government moved to the top court to challenge a Calcutta High Court order on the matter.

West Bengal State Election Commission has informed the top court that the direction for the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections without providing adequate opportunity to state poll panel is an over-step of the judicial powers