Govt ready for panchayat poll since change of guard: minister

The Mamata Banerjee headed West Bengal government had been ready to hold the panchayat election from the time after coming to power two years ago, Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee.
"We had been ready to hold the panchayat polls since the change of guard in the state," Mukherjee told reporters here.
The quagmire into which the panchayat polls was caught was not created by the government, but by the opposition, he said.
"The High Court has asked us to hold the poll process within July 15 and we have to do it," the minister said.
The Calcutta High Court on May 14 had directed that panchayat election be held in three phases and the dates be announced by the state in consultation with the State Election Commission.

Mukherjee claimed unprecedented development had taken place during the two-year rule of the Trinamool Congress.
He said the new ministry was also taken up the job of completing the unfinished works of the previous Left Front government.