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Politics● Low29m ago · Nov 7, 2026, 3:02 AM

Calcutta High Court restrains KMC polls until challenge on delimitation decided

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia

The West Bengal government, through a delimitation, has increased the number of wards of KMC from 144 to 209. The petitioner argued that the State government and its agencies have resorted to gerrymandering in order to secure partisan advantage to the ruling political party in West Bengal on the premise of previous electoral results.

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