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West Bengal Panchayat polls: After re-polling at 696 booths, counting of v
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Following re-polling at 696 panchayat booths, after the voting on July 8 was declared void in light of alleged rigging, booth capturing and multiple reports of electoral malfeasance and voter intimidation, the stage is set for the counting of votes in West Bengal on Tuesday.
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WB: In viral clip, woman purportedly seen helping voter inside polling boo
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
During repolling for West Bengal panchayats in over 600 booths on Monday, a clip went viral where a woman was purportedly seen helping another cast her vote as she stood with her through the entire process in the vouting cubicle.
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BJP delegation to visit areas affected by violence during Panchayat poll d
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Days after the election-related violence in the three-tier West Bengal panchayat polls broke out, claiming several lives across all parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Monday nominated a four-member fact-finding committee to visit the affected areas in the stat
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BJP constitutes four-member fact-finding committee to probe West Bengal pa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The senior BJP MP expressed disappointment over the state of violence in the state. "We will visit the places where violence broke out. We will meet the victims," he said.
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West Bengal Panchayat polls: Amid allegations of rigging, counting of vote
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The counting of votes for the high-stake West Bengal panchayat election will begin on Tuesday at 8 am, a litmus test for Mamata Banerjee and BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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"BJP will present case of faulty...": Suvendu Adhikari on West Bengal Panc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
He further highlighted that the Calcutta High Court had previously directed the State Election Commission to ensure the presence of CCTV cameras and centralized monitoring of footage with police assistance in all polling booths. However, Adhikari alleged that these directives were not follow
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WB Panchayat elections: No fresh case of violence reported during re-polli
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A day after the violence-marred Panchayat polls, the West Bengal State Election Commission on Monday conducted re-polling at 696 polling booths, however, no fresh cases of violence were reported as it was under the supervision of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
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West Bengal Governor to meet Amit Shah today, panchayat poll violence lik
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose is scheduled to meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday evening, two days after panchayat polls in the state that saw violence
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After Bengal panchayat poll violence, voters happy with re-poll under heav
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Today, it feels like an election day. We can see the central forces today", said Anamika Mandal, who came to cast her vote at Tikiapara Primary High School in the Murshidabad district.
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WB panchayat elections: Re-polling underway in 697 booths in 5 districts
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the re-polling of the Panchayat elections, the voters, on Monday, queued up outside the polling booth in the Murshidabad district. According to an official statement, the re-polling will be conducted in 697 booths across five districts: Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and Sou
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Adhir Chowdhury writes to BSF, seeks deployment of additional forces for r
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that 19 people were killed on the day of the Panchayat polls adding that the presence of the central security forces in and around the polling stations will ensure that voters cast their vote fearlessly.
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"We want security...," says family of victim of Panchayat poll violence in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
After a wave of violence that claimed at least 10 lives in West Bengal during Panchayat polls on Saturday, a family member of 62-year-old Congress worker who allegedly killed in the Murshidabad demanded security.
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