The Statesman 12.07.2013
Civic body by-election to be held in Sept
The civic body by-election of ward 31 in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) will be held in September.
The SMC has received an order from the West Bengal State Election Commission today.
The seat of ward 31 has been lying vacant for more than three years after the Trinamul Congress councillor Ms Chaitali Sen Sharma resigned.
The letter was dated on 9 July.
“I have received the letter today. According to the order, the election will be held in September,” said the SMC mayor, Ms Gangotri Datta.
Meanwhile, in a bid to end the stalemate at the SMC, the Left Front councillors faxed a letter to the state urban development minister Mr Firhad Hakim today.
