TMC To Face Stiff Challenge From BJP, Congress and CPI(M)?

The ongoing Panchayat elections in West Bengal is having almost a different story source says. TMC has not allowed any other party functionaries to contest the Panchayat elections source says. The public in general is now protecting the candidates from other parties source says. Congress and CPI(M) have so far filed 74,000 and BJP has almost 50,000 papers to contest elections source says. This is in contrast to the last elections where 34 % of seats were with TMC and almost a clean sweep in the Panchayat elections source says. This indicated that graph of the popularity is coming down source says. In the coming elections, TMC will have more challenges source says. The outcome will also affect the negotiating power of TMC in the 23rd meeting of all like-minded opposition parties source says.