EB deadlock continues

Statesman News Service

MALDA, May 23: Although the executive officer took initiative to elect a new chairman of the English Bazaar Municipality, the 14 member Opposition group has failed to select one of their members who will be contesting for the post of board chairman, sources said. Yesterday, the EO of the EBM issued a letter to the caretaker chairman for the election of chairman. The letter was also forwarded to the subdivisional officer for his intervention. The copies of the letter have also been served to all the 25 councillors of the civic board. The SDO sent a letter to the executive officer of EBM, quoting the direction pronounced by the Division Bench, and instructed the officer to refer to Clause B (3) of Rule 6 of the West Bengal Municipality Procedure and Conduct of Business Rules 1995. On receiving the information yesterday evening, the 14 members sat together but they failed to select their candidate for the chairman’s post.Out of the eight Trinamul councilors, three are not supporting the projected chairman, Mr Biswanath Guho, a Congress councillor. On the other hand, other councillors have declared that they will not support the person from anti lobby. The 10 LF councillors and LF-backed Independent chairman, meanwhile, are watching the situation and would adopt proper measures soon.