West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose "returned" the joining report of State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha ahead of the panchayat polls, as per sources.
"Yoga has united East and West. Today Indian Prime Minister told the United Nations that yoga is the way to the world. Let us come together coming together is the beginning, discovery and success of yoga," WB Governor CV Ananda Bose.
"Our candidates are being threatened by TMC to withdraw their nominations for panchayat polls. All the candidates who are here with me will give their written complaints to the Governor," Majumdar told ANI.
Mamata Banerjee said West Bengal was carved out of the undivided State of Bengal in 1947 through a most painful and traumatic process that involved the uprooting of millions of people across the border, resulting in deaths and displacement of innumerable families.
Out of the 341 blocks in West Bengal, there are barely 3-4 blocks where such incidents occurred... After the announcement of elections, law and order come under the control of the Election Commission; neither the governor nor anyone else is above the law. In such a situation, whether the gov
"In this heat, he is roaming around wearing a black high-neck coat and getting himself clicked in pictures," TMC's Kunal Ghosh said about West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose.
After paying a visit to violence-hit Canning in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday said that he was "deeply distressed" with the clashes which took place on the last day of filing nominations for the panchayat elections.
A clash was reported between two groups of Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers outside the Block Development Office in Canning in West Bengal's South 24 Paraganas on Wednesday over the filing of nominations for the upcoming state panchayat polls.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar met with Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday in Raj Bhavan over the upcoming panchayat elections in the state.
Majumdar will meet him on June 10 in light of the upcoming Panchayat elections in the state. The Panchayat elections in West Bengal will be held on July 8, the State Election Commission said on Thursday.
West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury requested Governor C V Ananda Bose in a letter yesterday to arrange for Central forces during the Panchayat elections to have free and fair elections.