The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, approached the Governor and top state officials on Monday to request the extension of central forces' deployment beyond the Model Code of Conduct period.
The Delhi Police detained several Trinamool Congress leaders on Monday who were staging a protest outside the Election Commission office, in the national capital, demanding change of guard in central agencies including the CBI, NIA, ED and Income Tax Department.
Hitting out at the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her "BJP will cause riots" remarks in the state, Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday said that Trinamool Congress chief should not try to intimidate Hindus by talking about riots on Ram Navami this month.
According to police, the scuffle between the two groups broke out when Dilip Ghosh, a BJP candidate from Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha of West Bengal, had arrived to participate in a discussion program in the New Township area of Durgapur.
West Bengal minister Shashi Panja hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jitendra Tiwari for allegedly threatening to file a defamation case against the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has accused him of 'meeting a National Investigative Agency (NIA) officer and furnishing him with
"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
"Today a team of 10 representatives is going to Delhi to appeal to the Election Commission for a level playing fied between all political parties before the polls," TMC MP Dola Sen said speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport.
Cautioning the people in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party will "incite riots" in the state on April 17 ahead of the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Union Minister Arjun Munda on Sunday condemned the alleged attack on the vehicle of the BJP's Hooghly Lok Sabha seat candidate, Locket Chatterjee, by TMC supporters.
National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) Chairman Hansraj Ahir on Sunday termed TMC leader Pijush Panda's comment on Prime Minister Modi as an insult to the OBC community.