Kolkata, Mar 15 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said it will appeal to the West Bengal State Election Commission for deferring the upcoming civic polls in view of the COVID-19 crisis.

"Elections will come and go but politics must take a back seat when society is faced with such a threat," it said in a statement issued late in the evening.

The All India Trinamool Congress will appeal to the State Election Commission of West Bengal to defer the upcoming municipal/corporation elections in light of the COVID-19 crisis, it said.

"We urge all political parties to join hands and fight this together," the statement added.

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