Trinamool delaying rural body elections to plant its men in key admin positions: Left Front

Kolkata Left Front Saturday lambasted the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal for delaying the rural body elections in a bid "plant its people" in key administrative positions.

“The Trinamool Congress speaks of Democracy but practices 'party-cracy', and that is why they are not willing to conduct timely elections. By that time they want to plant their people in key positions,” Left Front chairman, Biman Bose said here.

He also said the key reason behind delaying the rural body elections was that “they have come to power after cheating them (people of Bengal) and now they (Trinamool) are not willing to face them”.

“If they believed in democracy they would have conducted these elections on time,” Bose said.

Bose boasted that all the elections were held on time during Left Front rule as they "believe in democracy and democratic procedure".

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government had been engaged in a war of words and letters with the State Election Commission over the scheduling of the dates and deployment of central paramilitary forces.

The Commission has moved to Calcutta High Court with the issue which is being heard.

If the rural body polls are not conducted on time and a new panchayat is not in place before the expiry of the tenure of existing Panchayats which in many case is going to expire in June end, the villagers wont get any benefit out of the central funds which is given to the Panchayat.