Kolkata, March 28 -- Hours after Trinamool Congress (TMC) wrote to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court seeking urgent intervention over the status of 11 of its candidates whose names remain in the 'under consideration' list amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the Election Commission of India (ECI) cleared two candidates in the second supplementary voter list published on Friday night.
The development has brought partial relief to the ruling party, with the names of Shyampukur candidate Shashi Panja and Hasan constituency nominee Kajal Sheikh figuring in the latest list.
Both had been marked as 'under consideration' until now. However, their inclusion removes any hurdle for filing nominations.
Though two ca...