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West Bengal Panchayat Polls: BJP MP Khagen Murmu alleges ballot rigging, d
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Alleging ballot rigging in the West Bengal panchayat polls which is marred by violence, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu called for re-polling in Bengal, claiming that presiding officers and election staff were engaged in proxy voting in favour of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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WB: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury meets family of victim of Panchayat poll violen
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress over deaths in separate incidents of violence that marred Panchayat polls across the state on Saturday.
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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: 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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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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Politics of murder, intimidation, muscle flexing: WB Governor on panchayat
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday criticised the ongoing violence in Panchayat polls and said that the violence can be described as politics of "murder", "intimidation" and of "muscle flexing".
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West Bengal panchayat polls: 485 CAPF companies deployed today
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
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Bengal poll violence: Governor consoles deceased TMC worker's family over
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Governor who was on his way back from Cooch Behar assured the bereaved family of all help, a video released from the Raj Bhavan showed.
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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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"Those who created ruckus came from Bangladesh," claims local BJP leader o
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Local BJP leader Ajay Roy said, "Those who have created the ruckus and the person who died came from Bangladesh. There was a scuffle between them regarding the exchange of money and no politics was involved."
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West Bengal violence: Police deployed after houses, shops 'torched' in vil
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a viral video, smoke can be seen as several houses were left gutted in the arson that broke out on Wednesday.
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West Bengal Governor Ananda Bose sets up peace room at Raj Bhavan amid Pan
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
This step comes in continuation of the field visits of West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose to violence-affected areas in the state ahead of the Panchayat polls as well as the representation received by him pertaining to criminal intimidation before the polls.
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