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Campaigning in WB to end tomorrow after EC's unprecedented action
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Wednesday cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections in view of the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday.
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TMC delegation meets EC, submits proof of BJP's hand in Amit Shah's roadsh
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Wednesday met the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday and submitted "evidence" to show that violence seen during BJP president Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow on Tuesday was perpetrated by BJP workers.
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Kolkata: Mamata holds 7-km march to protest roadshow violence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow took a violent turn, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a march here on Wednesday to protest against the clashes that took place, including vandalisation of social reformer Ishwar Chan
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There is a need for intervention in West Bengal: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after violence marred BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow here, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that there was a need for "intervention" in the state.
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FIR against Amit Shah a mockery of democracy: Rajnath
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) against BJP national president Amit Shah for the attacks on his road show in Kolkata is a 'mockery of democracy and due process'.
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CPM says vandalisation of Vidyasagar's bust 'despicable', demands EC probe
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday strongly condemned the vandalisation of the bust of 19th-century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and demanded the Election Commission to launch an investigation into the violent clashes
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Yogi plays religious card
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Barasat (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Seeking to play the religious card, Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday alleged that the West Bengal government tried to ban Durga Puja to accommodate Muharram procession.
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Power hungry Modi-Shah duo hell-bent on bulldozing cultural identity of In
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Congress party on Wednesday accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of being "power-hungry" and being "hell-bent" on bulldozing the cultural identity of Indian states.
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Tajinder Bagga hits back at Derek O'Brien, says nobody takes TMC leader se
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Wednesday hit back at the allegations made by TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brien, claiming that nobody takes the latter seriously.
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Political slugfest intensifies over Kolkata violence; Shah says escaped sa
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A political slugfest has erupted over the violence that marred on Tuesday the road-show of BJP chief Amit Shah, who said here on Wednesday that he managed to escape safely only because of the personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
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Kolkata: TMC's student wing protests against vandalisation of Ishwar Chand
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): TMC's student wing on Wednesday staged a protest against the vandalisation of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue during clashes in BJP Chief Amit Shah's roadshow in the city.
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TMC govt undemocratic; nationalist govt will rule West Bengal after May 23
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Barasat (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly fanning violence during Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday, saying it 'was a murder of democracy.'
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