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The GTA, which had been deprived of rural development funds in the absence of elected panchayats, is expected to receive around Rs 120 crore more from the Centre for the local bodies
The results till 8.30pm indicated that Trinamul had bagged around 73 per cent of the gram panchayat seats and 98 per cent of the panchayat samiti seats for which counting had ended
State election commission figures confirmed a 66.28 per cent voter turnout till 5pm, a comparatively low figure by rural Bengal standards
Seeking to court Muslims, the Trinamul chairperson targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, albeit without naming him, in her speech
The Opposition parties and a section of administrative and police officers said the distribution of the central forces seemed 'arbitrary'