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Campaigning in WB to end tomorrow after EC's unprecedented action
Updated : 7 years 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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Kolkata: Mamata holds 7-km march to protest roadshow violence
Updated : 7 years 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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There is a need for intervention in West Bengal: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 7 years 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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FIR against Amit Shah a mockery of democracy: Rajnath
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) against BJP national president Amit Shah for the attacks on his road show in Kolkata is a 'mockery of democracy and due process'.
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CPM says vandalisation of Vidyasagar's bust 'despicable', demands EC probe
Updated : 7 years 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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Tajinder Bagga hits back at Derek O'Brien, says nobody takes TMC leader se
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Wednesday hit back at the allegations made by TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brien, claiming that nobody takes the latter seriously.
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Kolkata: TMC's student wing protests against vandalisation of Ishwar Chand
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): TMC's student wing on Wednesday staged a protest against the vandalisation of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue during clashes in BJP Chief Amit Shah's roadshow in the city.
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BJP holds silent protest at Jantar Mantar over violence at Amit Shah's Kol
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday held a silent protest at Jantar Mantar here against the violence that took place during Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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Protest allowed in democracy, not stone pelting: Roopa Ganguly
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Roopa Ganguly on Wednesday criticised All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) for allegedly creating disruptions during BJP chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata saying, a protest is allowed in a democ
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Destruction of Vidyasagar statue insult to people of Bengal by BJP: Ahmed
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Wednesday condemned the smashing of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue terming it an insult to the people of West Bengal.
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EC to hold meeting with WB observers on poll violence today
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 15 (ANI): Election Commission will hold a meeting with West Bengal observers on poll violence in the state at 11.30 am today via video conferencing.
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Mamata Banerjee meme row: Hopeful that Priyanka Sharma will be released to
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) National Secretary Saurav Sikandar on Tuesday said that party worker Priyanka Sharma will be released on Wednesday.
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