Tension gripped the Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency of North Bengal during the ongoing polling for the second phase on Friday, as BJP candidate and state president Sukanta Majumdar fell into an altercation with a group of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers.
Congress leader and party's Lok Sabha candidate from Behrampore, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday entered into a heated argument with a TMC worker while campaigning in the constituency.
"This is their (TMC) attitude. Some people had come here to protest and they have been removed. So many people have come here to see me, that is why they (TMC) are protesting," Dilip Ghosh said, speaking to reporte
Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday accused the BJP of misusing government agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), NIA, and Income Tax.
The TMC worker was shot dead outside his house on Tuesday. The incident happened in Purani Tala in Bhatpara in Jagaddal police station area in the evening when the deceased, identified as Vicky Jadav, was standing outside his house.
Trinamool Congress party workers have gathered at the Rajghat in Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti and held a protest against the central government alleging a lack of fund allocation for MGNREGA and other social security schemes for West Bengal.
Refuting the allegations made by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee that BJP is cancelling trains so that TMC workers cannot attend protests in the national capital on Sunday, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said that TMC is lying and Bengal ruling party sh
Clashes broke out on Wednesday in South 24 Parganas after an attempt was made to kill the former head of the Basanti village panchayat and the husband of present panchayat head by slitting his throat, Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Dibakar Das said.
A gram sabha candidate on Thursday alleged that she was physically assaulted and molested by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on July 8, the polling day of Panchayat polls, an official statement said.
"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