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SC: Democracy not working at panchayat level in West Bengal

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court expressed shock on Tuesday over 20,159 of 58,692 seats going uncontested in the recently held West Bengal panchayat elections and said it appeared that the constitutional mandate for democracy at the grassroots level was not working in the state. The State Election Commission attempted to make light of 34% of