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TMC challenges West Bengal vote counting rules in Supreme Court over central officials deployment
Politics
Published on 1 May 2026
The dispute targets who can supervise counting
The Trinamool Congress has filed a Supreme Court petition to overturn a Calcutta High Court ruling connected to West Bengal assembly election vote counting. The case questions the plan to use exclusively central government and PSU staff as supervisors during counting, with the TMC seeking relief from the earlier order as the election process heads toward final results.
- TMC has approached the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court decision
- Challenge focuses on appointing central government and PSU staff as counting supervisors
- The petition seeks to alter the supervision framework for vote counting in West Bengal
- Legal battle could influence how counting is conducted during election result finalization
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