West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari (file photo)
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said the coordinators the state govt would appoint in every Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) ward from Dec 1 must cooperate with the govt and not act against it. Reiterating that the govt would file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court against Calcutta HC’s order, he said coordinators would be appointed in every ward from Dec 1 if the matter remained unresolved. He had earlier announced that coordinators would be named in all 209 proposed KMC wards after Nov 30 if polls were not held on time, and that they would be picked from local BJP functionaries.
I talk straight,” Adhikari said at a programme in Howrah. When we made preparations for elections to KMC and HMC, completing the delimitation exercise, those whose security deposits are being forfeited and who are not getting candidates went to the vacation bench of the court,” he said. The appointments will be made if the legal impasse over civic polls is not resolved by then. “Whoever is appointed for the coordinator’s job must cooperate with and support the state govt and will not act against the govt. We have no hidden agenda.
Last Friday, a Calcutta HC division bench restrained the state election commission from notifying KMC polls until a single bench decided a petition challenging the proposed increase in wards from 144 to 209.
The CM also said officers had limitations in running the civic administration without an elected board.