Kolkata : Amid opposition allegations that the West Bengal State Election Commission has failed to conduct the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls in a free and fair manner, Governor K.N. Tripathi on Thursday said he has given the “requisite advices” to the panel head.
Tripathi summoned State Election Commissioner S.R. Upadhyay to Raj Bhavan on Wednesday and took a briefing from him about the ongoing civic polls and the steps the panel was contemplating for smooth conduct of the elections on Saturday.
Ninety-one civic bodies – 88 municipalities, two municipal corporations and a notified area – spread across 18 districts, would go to the hustings on Saturday.
“I have told the SEC whatever I had to tell. I have given requisite advice to ensure that the coming election should be free and fair and it (SEC) should take all necessary measures,” Tripathi told a television channel.