Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday arrived in Kolkata with the fact-finding team constituted by the party to inquire into the violence that erupted during the Gram Panchayat elections.
Alleging Trinamool Congress (TMC) of looting the entire Bengal, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rahul Sinha on Wednesday said that the recently conducted Panchayat poll was 'loot ka vote' and not 'janata ka vote'.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that around 150 people from West Bengal have sought refuge in Assam following violence in the state in connection with the panchayat elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Wednesday left for West Bengal on Wednesday along with three others to inquire into the Bengal violence that erupted during the gram panchayat elections.
Alleging the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of fabricating the results, State BJP Chief Sukanta Majumdar said that he will be opting for legal action in the matter.
Organized by the Indian Armed Forces and supported by the Government of Assam, for matches in Guwahati & Kiorajhar, the oldest in Asia and the third oldest football tournament in the World will be played across three venues - Guwahati and Kokrajhar in Assam and Kolkata in West Bengal.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that 133 individuals who feared for their lives sought refuge in Assam's Dhubri district amid violence in West Bengal during panchayat polls.
"There will be a relentless fight against growing violence in Bengal. Those who commit violence in the field will be made to curse the day they are born. All authorities will come down with a heavy hand on the goons and lawbreakers...", Governor Bose said.
Following re-polling at 696 panchayat booths, after the voting on July 8 was declared void in light of alleged rigging, booth capturing and multiple reports of electoral malfeasance and voter intimidation, the stage is set for the counting of votes in West Bengal on Tuesday.