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"This is not an election, but death": West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari on
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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BJP, Cong, CPI(M) resorting to violence in 6-7 booths: TMC leader Kunal Gh
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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"We don't need Opposition unity in WB, can fight BJP alone": TMC MP Sougat
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Amid ongoing efforts by the top Opposition players to forge a national front against the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre, with an eye on next year's Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress(TMC) MP Sougata Roy on Sunday said there was no need for a rainbow alliance of
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WB: Guv CV Ananda Bose to visit Dinhata, meet people injured in pre-poll v
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"The injured in the Dinhata violence are being shifted to PK Shah Hospital in Coochbehar under the instruction of West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose," said an official.
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West Bengal: BJP complains to State Election Commission about violation of
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party, on Saturday, wrote to the state election commission complaining about the violation of the Model Code of Conduct by the Trinamool Congress ahead of the Panchayat elections in West Bengal.
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WB: Governor meets kin of dead in violence-hit areas
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday met the relatives of the victims in the violence-affected Dinhata, Shimultala, and Cooch Behar areas of North Bengal.
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"Regional TMC candidates falsified documents": Suvendu Adhikari suspects f
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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