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Amit Shah incited violence in West Bengal, alleges Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moga (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that BJP president Amit Shah incited violence in West Bengal during the Lok Sabha polls.
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - social reformer at centre of a modern-day pol
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A prominent figure in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has come under the spotlight after a statue of him was vandalised on Tuesday night during violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
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Mamata Banerjee biggest fascist, murderer of democracy: BJP
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): With the TMC and BJP at loggerheads over violence in Kolkata, new accusations are being made by both sides. The BJP on Thursday not only termed Mamata Banerjee the "biggest fascist and murderer of democracy" but also said that Election Commission should ha
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TMC goons should be taken into preventive custody ahead of polls: Javadeka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said TMC "goons" who are disturbing the political fabric of West Bengal should be taken into preventive custody a day prior to elections in order to ensure that violence-free polling takes place in the state. Read More
Perpetrators of communal violence to be charged under ICCPR: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the police to charge the perpetrators of communal violence in the country on May 12 and 13 under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act.
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People will bring down Mamata Banerjee from power for 'fanning violence':
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 16 (ANI): Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of fanning violence in the state, Shiv Sena on Thursday said that people will bring her down from power the way CPI(M) was removed from office.
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WB: Ahmed Patel questions EC's decision, says poll body kept in mind PM's
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Congress leader Ahmed Patel came down heavily on the Election Commission after it cut short campaigning period in West Bengal.
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AP CM lashes out at EC, accuses it of ignoring TMC's complaints
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): After the Election Commission (EC) put a blanket ban on campaigning in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday accused the polling body of acting on BJP's complaint while ignoring TMC's grievances.
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Mukul Roy lashes out at Mamata, says BJP will abide by EC order barring ca
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): BJP leader Mukul Roy on Wednesday said that his party will obey the Election Commission's decision to cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
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Mamata slams EC's 'unfair', 'politically biased' decision
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Hours after the Election Commission curtailed election campaign period in West Bengal for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the poll body of acting at the behest of BJP and termed the decis
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Classic case of breakdown of constitutional machinery: Jaitley on Kolkata
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday lauded the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaigning in West Bengal and called violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow a "classical case of breakdown of the constitutional machiner
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BJP workers hold countrywide protest against Kolkata violence, Mamata's 'a
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday staged protests across various parts of the country against the violence that took place during party chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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