2013 Panchayat Election in West Bengal in India -Pre-Poll Update
introduction
This is a real amazing fact that a chaos or uncertainty is going on for organising Panchayat Election in the state of West Bengal in India.I think this only happens in India because this state has a humanitarian democracy that gives all power to establish her or his point of view.
Before understanding the question what is Panchayat Election ,you have to comprehend the panchayat system in India.It is a three tier democratic administrative institution where members are seat to lead the local development and improvement for the people where he has been elected from.It consists of gram panchayat,panchayat samiti and zila parishad.These three systems have already been explained in my former three hubs which are enoughb to understand the systems.
1. State Election Commission goes to High Court for the right to lead the poll on 1st April.
2.High Court says the poower to supervise the poll goes to the State Election Commission on 10th May.Justice Biswanath Samaddar says that according to Constitution of India polling authority is the State Election Commission.
3.The Government of West Bengal appeals before the division bench of Chief Justice on 13th May.
4.Division Bench dismisses the Ray of Single Bench.
High Court gives a new instruction for the Panchayat Poll.
They say both the State Election Commission and the State Government have issued the descent to the vote.
Election Commission says the instruction has not been done with the approval of the State Election Commission on 14th May.
5.State Election Commission objects against the term,'Approval of the both'. on 17th May.
6.Division Bench asserts on 14th June that the State Election Commission is the body to decide finally .
7.State Election Commission goes again to the High Court for inadequate security on 18 June.
8.High Court says it will give final Ray on 26th June on 25th June.
9.High Court says to both the parties to reduce the difference of forces calculating the divisions of the districts.State Election Commission says that it is going to the Supreme Court on 26th June.
10. Minaxi Arora as the law-yer of the State election Commission lodged an appeal before the division bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justice A.K.Pattanayak and justice Ranjan Gagai .Supreme Court says next Hearing will be on 28th June.
It was declared that the Panchayat Election in West Bengal would be done in three phases.It would have been 2,6 and 9th July. 1st Phase on 2nd July, 2013 in the districts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, Hooghly and Burdwan.2nd Phase on 6th July, 2013 in the districts of Nadia, Malda, Murshidabad and Birbhum.3rd Phase on 9th July, 2013 in the districts of Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur.
West Bengal,A State In India
Requirement vs Availability
Total seats in Panchayat are fifty eight thousand eight hundred and sixty five.Electing candidates are more than lac.There are more than four crores and forty four lac voters.There are more then fifty seven thousand polling station.
In the previous legislative assembly election there were employed six hundred sixty company security forces for only two hundred and ninety four seats.In comparison with that this election needs eight hundred company forces or two lac forty one thousand and seven hundred sixty.
The State Government says Government has fifty five thousand five hundred and eighty eight forces in total including home guards and N.V.F.s(National Volunteers Force).
It was declared that the Panchayat Election in West Bengal would be done in three phases.It would have been 2,6 and 9th July. 1st Phase on 2nd July, 2013 in the districts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, Hooghly and Burdwan.2nd Phase on 6th July, 2013 in the districts of Nadia, Malda, Murshidabad and Birbhum.3rd Phase on 9th July, 2013 in the districts of Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur.
But on 28th June Supreme Court has ordered to organise the voting procedure in five phases.Supreme Court has given some time to both the State Government and the State Election Commission to discuss over the distribution of districts between them .Then Supreme Court has declared the decision.
The debates among the rivals around 3.40pm compelled Justice Patnaik to ask the Bengal government, the state election commission and the Centre to sit together.“We are now going to have a cup of coffee and will come back after 10 minutes. If you need more time even after that, then we will go for another round of coffee. But you have to decide it today,” Justice Patnaik said with a smile.
"Nominations, scrutiny of nominations, printing of ballot papers ,victories of the uncontested candidates declared will not be changed," the bench said.
Till Now An Interrogation
Till now an interrogation is there if the election will be held according to the order of Supreme Court.Mr Kalyan Banerjee and Boby Hakim,representatives of the state Government lead by Mamta Banerjee(Chief Minister in - charge and Supremo of her party Trinamul Congress) have told that from July 9 Ramjan month will fall on when the people of Muslim community obey,do fasting ,worship and celebrate.They have no objection in five phases but they have been reported of Ramzan Month by the people of Muslim religion.They have said that they respect all religions.So they will go to Supreme Court again for changing the announced dates before Ramjan Month or after Ramjan Month.But Surya Kanta Mishra ,leader of the opposition (Communist Party of India) says that this only happens only for the procrastination and intention of the ruling party.They also do not want poll in the month of Ramjan.But if this happens ,happens only for the ruling party.