The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition related to the Bhawanipore by-poll and ordered the polling to be held on September 30, the scheduled date. Let us inform you that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is standing in the by-election from this seat. BJP has fielded Priyanka Tibrewal against him from here. A division bench of Additional Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice R Bhardwaj said it was unfair on the part of the Chief Secretary of West Bengal to write a letter appealing to the Election Commission to hold the bypoll in Bhowanipore.

Contesting from the Bhowanipore seat

The court dismissed the PIL challenging the language used for the by-elections. The chief secretary had said in the letter that if the Bhowanipore by-election was not held, a "constitutional crisis" would arise. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the Bhowanipore seat.

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee could not win her seat from Nandigram despite her unilateral performance in the West Bengal assembly elections held this year. Here he was defeated by Shubhendu Adhikari of BJP. Now to remain CM, it was necessary for Mamata Banerjee to win the assembly elections.

Receiving an Application

Let us inform you that after receiving an application from the Bengal Chief Secretary to hold elections at the earliest. The Election Commission had announced on September 4 that elections would be held in Bhowanipore on September 30. The election campaign in Bhowanipore is over. The counting of votes will take place on October 3.

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