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West Bengal panchayat poll: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary meets victims of Murshi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary visited the hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad on Saturday to meet the family member of a 62-year-old man who was killed in a bombing incident following the panchayat polls.
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"CM Mamata is responsible..." Bengal LoP Adhikari demands CBI, NIA probe o
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Training his guns at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the election-related violence during the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal, state Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday demanded a probe into the incidents by Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) and National I
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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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More than 12 people killed in violence in West Bengal on panchayat poll da
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that more than 12 people have lost their lives so far in the violence that broke out in several areas in West Bengal on panchayat poll day.
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"We won't let democracy die": JP Nadda on West Bengal Panchayat poll viole
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"BJP will not let this death of democracy happen, and we will take this fight to a decisive level in a democratic way," said BJP president JP Nadda.
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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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"Centre should intervene": Suvendu Adhikari demands President's Rule amid
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Attacking the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for violence during the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal, State Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said that the state is burning and the Central government should intervene with Article 355 or Article 356 (President's Ru
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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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