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Kolkata violence: BJP delegation submits memorandum to VP Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A BJP delegation on Wednesday met Vice President Venkaiah Naidu at his residence and submitted a memorandum to demanding appropriate action to be taken in connection with the violence at party president Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow.
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BJP, TMC trade charges over violence during Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata/New Delhi, [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP and TMC on Wednesday traded charges accusing each other of letting loose violence during Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took out a 7-km-long protest march in the state capital.
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Campaigning in WB to end tomorrow after EC's unprecedented action
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Wednesday cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections in view of the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday.
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TMC delegation meets EC, submits proof of BJP's hand in Amit Shah's roadsh
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Wednesday met the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday and submitted "evidence" to show that violence seen during BJP president Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow on Tuesday was perpetrated by BJP workers.
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Kolkata: Mamata holds 7-km march to protest roadshow violence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow took a violent turn, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a march here on Wednesday to protest against the clashes that took place, including vandalisation of social reformer Ishwar Chan
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Ground slipping beneath Didi, says Modi who claims Bengal will help BJP wi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Basirhat (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in West Bengal today said "the ground is slipping from under the feet" of chief minister Mamata Banerjee whose frustration at the public support for the BJP in the state will help his party form a government with o
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There is a need for intervention in West Bengal: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after violence marred BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow here, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that there was a need for "intervention" in the state.
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CPM says vandalisation of Vidyasagar's bust 'despicable', demands EC probe
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday strongly condemned the vandalisation of the bust of 19th-century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and demanded the Election Commission to launch an investigation into the violent clashes
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Central forces colluding with BJP: TMC hits back over Kolkata violence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): After BJP accused TMC of perpetrating violence in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee's party has hit back by accusing the central forces of acting in collaboration with the BJP.
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Political slugfest intensifies over Kolkata violence; Shah says escaped sa
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A political slugfest has erupted over the violence that marred on Tuesday the road-show of BJP chief Amit Shah, who said here on Wednesday that he managed to escape safely only because of the personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
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TMC govt undemocratic; nationalist govt will rule West Bengal after May 23
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Barasat (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly fanning violence during Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday, saying it 'was a murder of democracy.'
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Violent turn to electoral battle in Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
(Analysis) Kolkata (ANI) May 15 (ANI): Continuing political violence in West Bengal before and during the Lok Sabha election is making political pundits wonder whether it demonstrates nervousness of the ruling Trinamool Congress or desperation on the part of BJP to make inroads into
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