Kolkata, Dec 3 || Trinamool Congress will start mobilising public opinion from Wednesday against the proposal from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to set up new polling booths within private housing complexes having multiple high-rise towers.
West Bengal Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Mayor Firhad Hakim will hold a meeting with the officer bearers of various housing complex associations in and around Kolkata in the second half of Wednesday.
Sources in the Trinamool Congress said that first Hakim will listen to the opinions expressed by the office bearers on the ECI's proposal for setting up new polling booths within private housing complexes, which have multiple high-rise towers.
Thereafter, the Mayor will update those office bearers about the inconveniences that residents of such housing complexes might face.
Party sources said that the Mayor is expected to highlight the temporary arrangements in advance for Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel and polling officers within the housing complex, which might be inconvenient for the residents there.