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Violence, arson reported in West Bengal on panchayat poll day; TMC, BJP ac
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal witnessed several incidents of violence and arson during the voting for the three-tiered panchayat polls in rural parts of the state on Saturday.
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Bengal BJP chief writes letter to HM Shah, demands Centre's intervention a
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal were marred by poll-related violence, Bharatiya Janata Party state unit chief Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding the intervention of the Central government.
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WB Panchayat polls: 3 BJP workers were shot at by TMC workers in Cooch Beh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"From the morning our workers were not allowed to enter the booths. They were beaten in every place. One woman in the village has got a bullet injury on her stomach, one of our workers also got a bullet injury on his chest. There were instances of bombing and firing as well. Another man got
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WB: Miscreant ran away with ballot box from polling station in Malda's Mah
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Several other incidents of ballot box and ballot paper looting and destruction were reported from numerous polling booths in the State.
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Bengal Panchayat Elections: Central and state security forces deployed on
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
To conduct a fair, safe and impartial election for 3,317 Gram Panchayats, 341 Panchayat Samitis and 20 Zila Parishads in West Bengal on Saturday, security forces from Centre as well as the state are deployed on all 61,636 polling booths.
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"Death toll is mounting": TMC slams opposition parties amid violence in WB
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 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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"Elections must be through ballots, not bullets": West Bengal Governor on
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
This is the most sacred day for democracy...The election must be through ballots and not bullets," the Governor said while talking to the reporters in the State. Around 5.67 crore voters are likely to exercise their franchise to choose representatives for nearly 928 seats across 22 zilla
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"TMC hooliganism... openly looting ballots": BJP's Sukanta Majumdar
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged "TMC hoologanism crossed all limits" and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with the Chief Electoral Officer of the state were "responsible" for murders.
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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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