EBM chairman's election today

Statesman News Service

MALDA, June 2: Malda Left Front councillors are trying hard to secure "two cross votes" again to retain their power over the English Bazaar Municipality by taking advantage of the "disunity" among Opposition councillors.Trinamul Congress leaders, on the other hand, are confident about snatching the board from the Left Front in tomorrow's EBM chairman’s election. Though the Opposition councillors are confident about a majority support in the 25-member board, they have not yet proposed any name for the EBM election tomorrow. With a majority of the Trinamul Congress councillors having joined the Congress, the leader of the present group of Trinamul Congress councillors, Mr Dulal Sarkar, is reportedly finding it problematic to follow directives from the state leadership. When a group of Congress councillors decided to project Mr Narendranath Tiwari for the EBM chairman's post, Mr Biswanath Guho claimed the coveted post, expressing his resentment with the decision before the Press. There is still suspense about who shall contest for the post of the EBM chairman in the requisition meeting tomorrow against the candidate projected by the Left Front.