When apprised that the permission was withdrawn after facing opposition from two members of local village committee, Justice Mantha directed that village committee president Madhusadan Karak be made a party in the case. The matter will now be heard after seven days.
Party insiders said that the Home Minister has specifically asked the BJP to start the process of strengthening the booth-level committees and reactivating the defunct ones before the panchayat polls scheduled this year.
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee on Sunday courted controversy by calling upon people to retaliate if Trinamool activists assault any aggrieved person during the ruling party's ongoing outreach programme launched ahead of the panchayat election in state.
Panchayat Election 2022: Mithun attended the BJP s panchayat workers conference at Ladhurka in Purulia on Wednesday. While talking with BJP workers-supporters, he also heard complaints of scarcity. But whatever the subject, Mithun always targeted Mamata Banerjee and the ruling party.