How Court's Delimitation Stay Buys Suvendu Adhikari Time Ahead of Civic Polls

The elections for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation are just around the corner. Apart from Kolkata, Howrah and several other municipalities are also awaiting civic polls.

West Bengal has not held municipal corporation elections for a long time. However, a recent court order has disrupted what appeared to be the BJP's planned course of action.The Calcutta High Court has not cancelled the elections.

Instead, it has directed the State Election Commission to first resolve the controversy surrounding the ward delimitation process and then issue the election notification. The order was passed by a division bench comprising Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Arun Roy Mukherjee.But what exactly is the dispute?Under the framework of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, civic elections are held according to the statute's specific guidelines.