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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition on the by-elections to the Bhawanipore assembly seat, ordering that polling would be held on September 30.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice R Bhardwaj said it was unfair on the part of the West Bengal Chief Secretary to write a letter appealing to the Election Commission to hold the bypoll in Bhabnipur.
The court dismissed the PIL challenging the language used for the by-elections.
The chief secretary had said in the letter that there would be a “constitutional crisis” if the Bhabnipur bypoll was not held.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting from Bhawanipur seat.
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