No early poll in West Bengal

Rano

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Kolkata, July 7

State Election Commissioner SV Kureshi ruled out any possibility of holding the West Bengal’s Assembly elections for now. Talking to mediapersons here today, Kureshi said the state Assembly elections were due in May next and at this stage, the EC had no legal authority to declare the advancement of the election.

“We will come into picture only prior to six months of the election date”, adding that it will be a political decision if the elections will be held earlier.

A two-member EC team was in Kolkata for scrutinising the state’s electoral rolls and supervising other works relating to the elections as a route matter and their visit had nothing to do with the decision of the advancement of elections in the state, Kureshi said.
 
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