A scuffle broke out between CPI(M) candidate from Murshidabad, Mohammed Salim, and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters at a polling booth at Domkal in Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday during the third phase of polling.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her condolences to the bereaved families of the 12 citizens of the state who lost their lives owing to thunderstorms and lightning in Purba Burdwan, Paschim Medinipur and Purulia on Monday night.
Amid polling for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP's candidate for the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency of Murshidabad, Dhananjay Ghosh, got into a scuffle with the block president of the ruling TMC on Tuesday.
The states and union territories where the elections are being held in this phase are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), Goa (2), Gujarat (25), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (4).
"It is unfortunate if someone levels such charges against the Governor. I do not know the case in detail. It does not suit the office of the Governor. I would urge the authorities to investigate the matter properly and find out the truth," Chowdhury said at a press conference in West Bengal'
Taking a veiled jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra reposted a meme of him dancing and appreciated the creativity peaking in the poll season.
The Crime Cell of Kolkata Police has sent a notice to a social media user who posted a meme of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the X platform.
"Now because of the humiliating remarks which she has made against me, against truth, I am forced to tell you that Mamata Banerjee as a politician, her politics is dirty. Still, I pray to God to save her. But that is a difficult responsibility even for God. I will never accept this 'Didi Gir
As the constituency of Murshidabad goes to polls on Tuesday, a small village, Suryanagar Colony near the Indo-Bangladesh border, continues to suffer with lack of proper facilities.
"Women in Sandeshkhali were insulted. The BJP conspired and insulted women in West Bengal through women in Sandeshkhali. We are protesting against that," a TMC leader said.