India, May 1 -- The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking the inclusion of West Bengal state government employees for appointment as counting supervisors for the West Bengal assembly elections.

The Calcutta High Court had on Thursday rejected TMC's plea challenging the Election Commission's decision to deploy only Central government and Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as supervisors during the vote counting to be held on May 4.

A special bench has been constituted in the Supreme Court for hearing the plea after the party sought an urgent hearing, as the counting is scheduled in just a couple of days. The hearing will be held tomorrow (May 2) by a bench of justices PS Narasimha a...