Following re-polling at 696 panchayat booths, after the voting on July 8 was declared void in light of alleged rigging, booth capturing and multiple reports of electoral malfeasance and voter intimidation, the stage is set for the counting of votes in West Bengal on Tuesday.
He further highlighted that the Calcutta High Court had previously directed the State Election Commission to ensure the presence of CCTV cameras and centralized monitoring of footage with police assistance in all polling booths. However, Adhikari alleged that these directives were not follow
Training his guns at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the election-related violence during the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal, state Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday demanded a probe into the incidents by Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) and National I
Attacking the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for violence during the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal, State Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said that the state is burning and the Central government should intervene with Article 355 or Article 356 (President's Ru
Amid incidents of violence during voting for the Panchayat election across West Bengal, workers of the state BJP on Saturday staged a protest outside the State Election Commission office in Kolkata.
"This is not an election, this is death. There is a fire of violence across the state. Central forces have not been deployed. CCTVs are not operating. This is not voting but loot...This is the collusion of TMC goons and Police and that is why so murders are happening," Adhikari said while ta
"We would like to tell the people of Bengal that your fund has been stopped by the BJP intentionally. Sukanta Majumdar and Suvendu Adhikari said the central government sends funds; I challenge them to come and discuss this topic," said TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee.
Sensing foul play by regional TMC party candidates contesting in the upcoming three-tier Panchayat Elections, Leader Of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Friday filed an RTI with State Public Information Officer and State Election Commission.
Leader Of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari hit out at Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the alleged attack on Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nisith Pramanik by TMC workers at the BDO office during scrutiny of nomination papers at Dinhata, Coochbehar on Saturday.
Suvendu Adhikari also claimed that the Mamata Banerjee government aims to deploy trainee recruits into the force during the Panchayat elections in the state which is scheduled to take place on July 8.
"The decision that has come this evening regarding the violence that took place during the filing of nominations for Panchayat elections is very clear," Suvendu Adhikari said.
The nomination process for the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal was marred by ongoing violence on Thursday, as the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition parties engaged in a war of words.