BJP Mahila Morcha president Locket Chatterjee and others during a rally in front of State Election Commission office in Kolkata on Tuesday, ahead of upcoming West Bengal panchayat elections. Opposition parties in West Bengal have alleged that their candidates are being obstructed from filing nominations. While the BJP had moved the Supreme Court last week, seeking its intervention to ensure the polls are not rigged, the Congress had moved the Calcutta high court. In every panchayat election in West Bengal, thousands of seats have been won uncontested by the ruling party. The party has fielded 27,789 candidates for 48,650 gram panchayat seats to which elections are to be held.

Source: Mint April 10, 2018 17:03 UTC