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"Death toll is mounting": TMC slams opposition parties amid violence in WB
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Taking a jibe, TMC said that the death toll due to the election-related incidents is mounting under the "close supervision of Central Forces".
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West Bengal panchayat polls: Voting underway amid violence; polling suspen
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
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.
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WB panchayat polls: Polling agent killed in attack, claims BJP candidate
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A booth agent of an independent candidate and a polling agent of a BJP were allegedly killed in two separate violence-related incidents during voting for single-phase panchayat elections in West bengal on Saturday.
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"This is not an election, but death": West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari on
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"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
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Panchayat polls: "TMC workers have been murdered, central forces failed to
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Earlier, Trinamool Congress alleged that three of its party workers have been murdered in multiple incidents of violence in West Bengal after polling for the single-phase panchayat elections began in the state on Saturday morning.
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WB panchayat polls: Clash breaks out between TMC and Congress workers in M
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections, a clash broke out between Trinamool Congress and Congress workers on Friday night in the Shamsherganj area of Murshidabad district.
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West Bengal: Bombs go silent but war of words escalates day before panchay
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
While the bombs fell silent under the watchful eyes of the central paramilitary forces, the war of words in West Bengal escalated just a day ahead of the panchayat elections on Saturday.
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WB Panchayat polls: BJP candidate attacked allegedly by TMC in Coochbehar
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahead of the Panchayat election in West Bengal, the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday.
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WB Panchayat Election: Amid violence TMC, BJP,gear up for litmus test
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The polls are likely to see a fierce tussle for control of local administrations between the ruling Trinamool Congress, Indian Secular Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party and will be a litmus test for both parties ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections.
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BJP, Cong, CPI(M) resorting to violence in 6-7 booths: TMC leader Kunal Gh
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pointing fingers at the Opposition over the violence in West Bengal in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat elections, ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said of the 73,000 booths put together for the polls, there are only about 6-7 where the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M)
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WB Panchayat polls: TMC writes to SEC against Guv Ananda Bose for "interdi
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
" Conducting meetings with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and Central Security Agency to provide for security arrangements for members of BJP without consulting with the State or the State Election Commission," wrote TMC state Vice President Subrata Bakshi.
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WB Panchayat Polls: BJP leader found dead in Purulia, probe underway
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Police recovered the body of a BJP leader named Bankim Hansda from the Bodo area of Purulia district. Further investigation into the matter is underway," said Purulia DSP Abhijeet Bandopadhyay.
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