West Bengal Panchayat elections 2018: BJP boycotts SEC's all-party meet, threatens to move court
The West Bengal State Election Commission called the all-party meeting on Saturday following a Calcutta High Court order to make a fresh announcement extending the deadline for filing of nominations for the coming panchayat polls in consultation with the state government and other important stakeholders. "BJP is a major stakeholder in this case
The BJP team comprising of Mukul Roy, Shamik Bhattacharya and Pratap Banerjee among others said they boycotted the meet and would not resume the discussion until the SEC agrees to meet all five members of the delegation. Image source: PTI