Addressing reporters after the party meeting, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said they will not contest the polls as the prevailing situation was not favourable.
While the urban local body polls are slated for the first week of October, the Panchayat elections are scheduled to be held in November-December this year.
On August 23, replacing N N Vohra, he took oath as the 13th governor of J&K.
Speaking to reporters at the state secretariat in Kolkata, she said the three parties had deliberately resorted to a false propaganda.
The TMC had filed more nominations than the number of seats in all the three tiers.
Kolkata High Court orders fresh dates for West Bengal panchayat polls.
Meanwhile, the violence rocked the poll process as BJP and the TMC workers clashed at Usti in South 24 Parganas district over the filing of nominations, leaving six policemen injured.
Voting will take place in three phases on May 1, 3 and 5, State Election Commissioner A K Singh told reporters.
They said the Union Home Ministry, on the request of the state government, has decided to deploy 300 companies of various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the polls.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has promulgated an ordinance to pave the ay for panchayat polls in the state later this year.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Biju Janata Dal have registered complaints against each other at the State Election Commission (SEC) over violation of model code of conduct ahead of Panchayat polls in Odisha. A BJD
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today upheld the validity of recent amendments in a Haryana law which fixes various criteria including minimum educational qualification for candidates contesting panchayat polls."The writ petition is dismissed," a bench
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday the plea on which it had stayed the operation of recent changes in Haryana election laws that have made certain educational qualifications compulsory for
Jaipur: Hanuman Chaudhary was manager at a resort on the Gold Coast in Australia. His life changed when he returned to India on his father's request only to be elected as the new Sarpanch of
Jaipur: The first phase of Panchayat polls will be held tomorrow in 412 Zila Parishad wards and 2305 Panchayat Samitis in Rajasthan, an official spokesman of the State Election Commission (RSEC) said today. Polling will
Dehradun: Panchayat polls in Uttarakhand will be held in two phases on March 21 and 24.The proposal of the state government to hold the panchayat polls on these dates has been accepted by the State
Mumbai: The panchayat polls of Navi Mumbai has hit the headlines because of a female contestant Leena Arjun Garad's property declaration.Leena has declared that her property is worth Rs 200 crore. She will contest the
Midnapore (WB), July 10: Fifty companies of security forces arrived in West Midnapore district for the panchayat polls, including the ‘jangal mahal' pocket.Superintendent of Police Sunil Chowdhury said 2,000 booths have been marked as sensitive.As
Kolkata, July 6: The CPI-M Saturday accused the West Bengal government of unleashing terror in the run up to the panchayat polls and of challenging the election system.Rabin Deb, state secretariat member of the CPI-M
Kolkata, June 26: With the State Election Commission (SEC) moving the Supreme Court over the West Bengal panchayat polls, the Calcutta High Court Wednesday expressed happiness over the matter shifting to the top court and
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