COVID-19 situation is under control: Mamata urges EC to hold Bengal by-polls

Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had lost to BJPs Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram seat in the assembly polls. The deadline for her re-election ends on November 5.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (June 23) said bypolls, due in six assembly seats of the state, can be held within seven days since the COVID-19 situation is 'under control'. She went on to allege that the Election Commission of India is waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nod to hold the bye-elections. "If it is so, then I will ask the PM to give the go- ahead. Now the situation is okay, but if the third wave of the pandemic comes, then you cannot do anything," Banerjee told reporters at the secretariat. The chief minister had lost to BJPs Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram seat in the assembly polls and the deadline for her re-election ends on November 5.