The panchayat pradhan, identified as Rupchand Mondal, succumbed to injuries after being critically injured in a country bomb explosion, police said on Friday. His body was brought to Barasat District Hospital for postmortem.
Amid allegations of ‘corruption’ by the Opposition, Trinamool Congress national general secretary and the party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said that his surname is neither “Modi” nor “Mallya” and he is not a person to escape in face of any pressure.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, reached Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata on Sunday.
"They do anything required to ensure that no BJP candidate can file nomination…they not only threaten BJP workers but also the voters. Contracts are given out to capture booths...This is their way of doing politics in the state," the prime minister said.
Nadda will participate in a Panchayat State Conference and hold meetings with the Bengal BJP Core Committee, Members of Parliament, and legislators to review preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections during this tour.
Launching a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee government over "large-scale violence" in West Bengal panchayat polls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the civic polls were held peacefully in Uttar Pradesh and asked if Trinamool Congress “wants to make the country Wes
Amid the incident of sexual assault on a BJP candidate during Bengal panchayat polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Saturday said that President's rule should be imposed in the state.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said that “daughters are in danger in West Bengal” after a BJP worker alleged sexual assault by Trinamool Congress workers during Bengal Panchayat
A gram sabha candidate on Thursday alleged that she was physically assaulted and molested by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on July 8, the polling day of Panchayat polls, an official statement said.
Saha while addressing Karyakars in an Organizational Meeting at Julaibari called upon West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC leaders to visit Tripura to understand what democracy is and how peaceful election can be conducted.
BJP constituted five -member fact-finding committee, including party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, which will visit Dinhata in Coochbehar and the other violence-affected areas in the state.
However, hitting back at the BJP leader, Mamata Banerjee said that the fact-finding team led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad is BJP's provocation committee.