Bengal panchayat polls: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into violence during filing of nominations
1 year, 9 months ago

Bengal panchayat polls: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into violence during filing of nominations

India TV News  

The Calcutta High Court ordered the CBI to investigate violent incidents involving the submission of nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections on Wednesday. CPI worker dies of injuries suffered in pre-panchayat poll clash In another turn of events, a CPI worker died on Wednesday at a nursing home in Siliguri from injuries suffered during a clash at Chopra in North Dinajpur district on June 15, the last day of nomination filing for the West Bengal panchayat elections. Opposition parties in Bengal have alleged that their candidates and supporters faced violence and intimidation by Trinamool Congress activists, while the ruling party has blamed the opposition for clashes at different places in the state during nomination filing and withdrawal of candidature period, which ended on Tuesday. Also Read | Bengal State EC disapproves of HC order to deploy Central Forces for panchayat polls

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Shah Warns of State-Sponsored Infiltration in Bengal, Demands BJP Govt for 2026 Elections
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5 months ago

Shah Warns of State-Sponsored Infiltration in Bengal, Demands BJP Govt for 2026 Elections

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of being involved in the state-sponsored infiltration and corruption. He called for a concerted effort to secure a two-thirds majority for the BJP in the 2026 West Bengal state elections. Shah also raised concerns for the safety of women in the state, referring to recent incidents …

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence
8 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari staged a four-hour sit-in demonstration with a group of around BJP 300 workers outside Raj Bhavan on Sunday against the post-poll violence allegedly by the Trinamul Congress in the state. Mr Adhikari however announced the plan of a new agitation by the BJP on July 21, the day when TMC holds …

Calcutta HC Directs State To Ensure Law & Order In Post-Poll Violence Affected Areas, Asks Centre To Take Steps Including Deploying Armed Forces If Needed
9 months ago

Calcutta HC Directs State To Ensure Law & Order In Post-Poll Violence Affected Areas, Asks Centre To Take Steps Including Deploying Armed Forces If Needed

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has directed the state government to ensure that law and order is restored to areas which were affected in violence which erupted in the aftermath of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. A division bench of Justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharya had earlier directed for the State to ensure that those displaced in the violence were …

West Bengal Governor orders police to vacate Raj Bhavan premises | Here's Why
9 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal Governor orders police to vacate Raj Bhavan premises | Here's Why

India TV News  

Amid escalating tensions over post-poll violence in the state, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday ordered city personnel deployed in the Raj Bhavan premises to immediately vacate the area so that it can be converted into a 'Jan Manch'. "The governor has directed police officers deployed inside Raj Bhavan, including the 'officer-in-charge', to immediately vacate the premises," …

BJP forms four-member committee to look into political violence in West Bengal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP forms four-member committee to look into political violence in West Bengal

India TV News  

West Bengal: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday formed a four-member committee to look into the alleged political violence in West Bengal. The four-member committee includes Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal and Kavita Patidar, all BJP MPs, with Deb as its convener. The BJP said the Lok Sabha elections were held across the country and no instance …

Suvendu tries to enter Raj Bhawan with victims of post-poll violence, stopped
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Suvendu tries to enter Raj Bhawan with victims of post-poll violence, stopped

The Hindu  

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, along with alleged victims of post-poll violence, was on Thursday prevented by the Kolkata Police from entering the Raj Bhawan. arrived at Raj Bhawan with Mr. Adhikari, but the police prevented them from entering the premises citing Section 144 of the CrPC that was in force outside the Raj …

[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal

Live Law  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari has approached the Calcutta High Court flagging instances of alleged post-poll violence taking place in West Bengal in the wake of the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharya, appearing for Adhikari approached a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, stating that the petitioner. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari …

Calcutta High Court raps West Bengal govt for failing to control post-poll violence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court raps West Bengal govt for failing to control post-poll violence

Op India  

On Thursday, the Calcutta High Court rapped the Mamata Banerjee-led- Trinamool Congress government over post-poll violence in West Bengal. What happened after the last Assembly election, the same thing is happening this time also.” Calcutta High Court Cautions State Over Instances Of Post-Poll Violence, Directs Complaints To Be Submitted To DGP Through E-Mail | ⁦@Srinjoy77⁩#LokSabhaElections2024https://t.co/8ltQz6Dxdo — Live Law June 7, …

Post-poll violence: Calcutta High Court asks victims and witnesses to submit complaints directly to DGP
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Post-poll violence: Calcutta High Court asks victims and witnesses to submit complaints directly to DGP

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on June 6 expressed concern over post-poll violence and issued a directive allowing affected people to submit complaints to the State’s Director General of Police via email. A division bench comprising Justices Kausik Chanda and Apurba Sinha Roy directed that any person who is a witness to or is a victim of any post-poll violence could …

Several incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal, BJP and CPI(M) supporters targeted
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Several incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal, BJP and CPI(M) supporters targeted

The Hindu  

Several incidents of post-poll violence from various parts of West Bengal were reported on June 5, a day after the results of Lok Sabha election were declared and the Trinamool Congress bagged 29 seats of the total 42 seats reducing the BJP to 12 seats in the State. Incidents of post-poll violence were reported across several districts in the State …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Repolling underway at West Bengal's Barasat, Mathurapur
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Repolling underway at West Bengal's Barasat, Mathurapur

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Repolling is underway on Monday at one polling booth each in the Barasat and Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal. A voter turnout of 73.79 per cent was recorded in nine Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal that went to polls in the seventh and final phase on Saturday. However, the exit polls predict that …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Mob throws EVM, VVPAT machine in pond in West Bengal's South Paraganas | VIDEO
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Mob throws EVM, VVPAT machine in pond in West Bengal's South Paraganas | VIDEO

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Amid the last phase of Lok Sabha elections, EVM and VVPAT machine were thrown in the pond by a mob at booth number 40 and 41 in Kultai, South 24 Parganas of West Bengal on Saturday morning. EVMs looted by local mob Giving information on the same, the Chief Electoral Office, West Bengal said that FIR …

Election Commission to retain 400 companies of central forces in West Bengal till June 6
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Election Commission to retain 400 companies of central forces in West Bengal till June 6

India TV News  

The Election Commission has decided to retain 400 companies of central forces in West Bengal till June 6, a senior official said on Friday. "After the June 1 polling, half of the central forces will leave the state and 400 companies will remain until June 6. Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal Notably, West Bengal, which has 42 Lok Sabha …

West Bengal Lok Sabha polls phase 5: 73% voter turnout recorded till 5pm amid incidents of violence
10 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal Lok Sabha polls phase 5: 73% voter turnout recorded till 5pm amid incidents of violence

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal Lok Sabha polls phase 5: A total of 73% voter turnout was recorded till 5pm in seven Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal that went to polls in the fifth phase on Monday, data shared by the Election Commission showed. People get their names checked in voters' lists inside a polling station during the fifth phase of India's …

Scattered incidents of violence in fifth phase of LS polls in Bengal
10 months, 1 week ago

Scattered incidents of violence in fifth phase of LS polls in Bengal

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Scattered incidents of violence marred the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls in seven parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal on Monday, as TMC and BJP workers clashed in various parts of Barrackpore, Bongaon, and Arambagh seats. In neighbouring Hooghly constituency, BJP sitting MP and party candidate Locket Chatterjee faced protests from TMC activists led by TMC MLA Ashima Patra. …

BJP-TMC workers clashed during voting in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh's car vandalised
10 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP-TMC workers clashed during voting in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh's car vandalised

India TV News  

West Bengal witnessed violence amid the polling for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Monday. BJP candidate from Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, Dilip Ghosh had reached Kalnagate Kopi Bagan Shishu Shiksha Kendra in East Bardhaman district during voting. Till the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, the voting has been concluded at 18 out of 42 seats of …

Lok Sabha Elections Highlights | Phase 3 voting ends; Rahul Gandhi criticises PM Modi, alleging he wanted to hand over ‘Jal, Jungle, Jameen’ belonging to tribals to industrialists
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections Highlights | Phase 3 voting ends; Rahul Gandhi criticises PM Modi, alleging he wanted to hand over ‘Jal, Jungle, Jameen’ belonging to tribals to industrialists

The Hindu  

A voter turnout of 60.19% was recorded till 5 p.m. in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread over 11 States and Union Territories on Tuesday with sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced on May 7 that the Agniveer scheme would be abolished if the INDIA bloc is voted to …

Lok Sabha elections | Scuffles, protests mar polling in three Bengal constituencies
11 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections | Scuffles, protests mar polling in three Bengal constituencies

The Hindu  

Sporadic incidents of scuffle between supporters of political parties, recovery of crude bombs and angry protests against MLAs headlined the first phase of Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on Friday. In the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat, where the EC had deployed 112 companies of Central Armed Police Forces, political parties levelled allegations of violence against each other. At …

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Bengal Records Highest Turnout, Bihar Lowest
11 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Bengal Records Highest Turnout, Bihar Lowest

The Quint  

As three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal headed to polls, BJP and TMC workers accused each other of being behind the violence reported in the state on Friday, 19 April. The BJP alleged that TMC supporters in Chandamari had pelted stones and injured the party's booth president. Meanwhile, the Mamata Banerjee-led party claimed that their workers had been attacked …

Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: KC Venugopal Files Nomination From Kerala's Alappuzha Constituency
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: KC Venugopal Files Nomination From Kerala's Alappuzha Constituency

ABP News  

Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: Please follow this space and keep refreshing the page for all the latest developments pertaining to the Lok Sabha Elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he remains committed to taking action against corruption, emphasising that those engaged in corruption have two options left - jail or bail. "The biggest challenge in West Bengal elections …

Lok Sabha polls | West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar shunted out, Vivek Sahay is new DGP
1 year ago

Lok Sabha polls | West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar shunted out, Vivek Sahay is new DGP

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India on Monday transferred West Bengal Director-General of Police Rajeev Kumar. In February 2019, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat on dharna when a team of Central Bureau of investigation knocked at Mr. Kumar’s residence to question him in connection with the chit fund scam. The West Bengal BJP leadership welcomed Mr. Kumar’s transfer. “We have no …

In Bengal, around 25,000 security personnel to be deployed for polling in 3 seats in first phase
1 year ago

In Bengal, around 25,000 security personnel to be deployed for polling in 3 seats in first phase

The Hindu  

March 17, 2024 11:28 am | Updated 03:21 pm IST - Kolkata Around 25,000 personnel of Central forces will be deployed in West Bengal for elections to three Lok Sabha seats in the first phase of polling on April 19, an official said. Voting will be held in Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha seats in the northern …

Lok Sabha polls for 42 seats in West Bengal in seven phases
1 year ago

Lok Sabha polls for 42 seats in West Bengal in seven phases

The Hindu  

Elections for West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats will be conducted in seven phases from beginning on April 19 and concluding on June 1, according to the election schedule announced by the Election Commission of India on March 16. After the announcement the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls in the State, Opposition parties in the State started demanding the deployment of …

Election Commission to deploy additional forces in Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha polls
1 year ago

Election Commission to deploy additional forces in Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha polls

India Today  

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has sought the deployment of 150 companies of the Central Armed Police Force in West Bengal. The 100 companies set to move to West Bengal would include 50 from the Border Security Force, 20 from the Central Reserve Police Force, 10 from the Central Industrial Security Force, 10 from the Indo-Tibetan …

West Bengal: SC stays proceedings in incidents of post poll violence aftre CBI seeks transfer of cases
1 year, 1 month ago

West Bengal: SC stays proceedings in incidents of post poll violence aftre CBI seeks transfer of cases

Op India  

On Wednesday, February 14, the Supreme Court stayed the ongoing proceedings in various trial courts across West Bengal related to the heinous cases of murder, rape and crime against women and other human rights violations that happened in West Bengal in May 2021 after TMC returned to power. A single-judge bench of Justice Sanjay Karol issued the judgment in response …

Big win, high cost for Trinamool Congress in Bengal panchayat election
1 year, 8 months ago

Big win, high cost for Trinamool Congress in Bengal panchayat election

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 26, 2023 13:06 IST - 8 MINS READ The Trinamool Congress registered a massive victory in the July 8 panchayat elections in West Bengal—79 per cent of the 3,317 gram panchayats; 92 per cent of the 341 panchayat samities; and all the 20 zilla parishads—and once again stamped its dominance over its political opponents in the State. …

Bengal top cop denies reports of woman stripped outside polling booth during panchayat elections
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal top cop denies reports of woman stripped outside polling booth during panchayat elections

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal Police on Friday rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party's allegation of its gram sabha poll candidate being sexually assaulted by Trinamool Congress workers in Howrah's Panchla during the recently concluded panchayat election. West Bengal DGP M. Malaviya While addressing a press conference on Friday, the Bengal top cop said, “On 13 July, SP Howrah Rural received a complaint …

Data | Forty deaths in the run-up to Panchayat polls: West Bengal most affected by political violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Data | Forty deaths in the run-up to Panchayat polls: West Bengal most affected by political violence

The Hindu  

In the month leading up to the panchayat elections in West Bengal, 40 people were killed in poll-related violence. This is not an exception; an analysis of past data shows that political violence and related deaths peaked during and around all the recent polls in West Bengal. Political violence peaked in West Bengal during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and …

West Bengal: BJP to corner TMC with mega rally on 19 July with people displaced by poll violence
1 year, 8 months ago

West Bengal: BJP to corner TMC with mega rally on 19 July with people displaced by poll violence

Firstpost  

BJP will continue exerting pressure on the West Bengal government, asserting that the law and order situation is deteriorating in the state The BJP has decided to organise a mega rally in Kolkata on 19 July with people who were forced to flee their house due to the violence during the Panchayat elections and after the results. On Sunday, state …

BJP's Review Meet After Bengal Panchayat Poll Seeks to Corner TMC on Violence; Shah's Visit to Bolster Efforts
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP's Review Meet After Bengal Panchayat Poll Seeks to Corner TMC on Violence; Shah's Visit to Bolster Efforts

News 18  

The BJP launched into introspective mode on Sunday as top state leaders reviewed the party’s performance in the West Bengal panchayat elections. Felicitating Winning Candidate Party sources said it was not easy to win any seat in panchayat polls, given the TMC’s “manipulation”. After BJP leaders Shantanu Thakur and Sukanto Majumdar hinted that the Bengal government might fall, the TMC …

West Bengal local polls | Bombs and ballot boxes
1 year, 8 months ago

West Bengal local polls | Bombs and ballot boxes

The Hindu  

Liaqat Sheikh followed a simple morning routine. From June 8, when the notification for the panchayat polls was issued, to the night of July 8, when polling ended, 40 people were killed in the State in poll-related violence. Mayhem in Murshidabad Blood stains and the residue of crude bombs remained on the road when State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury …

Panchayat Poll Violence: Bengal BJP Seeks Governor's Intervention
1 year, 8 months ago

Panchayat Poll Violence: Bengal BJP Seeks Governor's Intervention

News 18  

The legal department of West Bengal BJP on Friday sought Governor C V Ananda Bose’s intervention over the violence during the West Bengal panchayat election process, claiming that it has exposed the “suffocation of democratic process” and lack of law and order in the state. Seeking the governor’s intervention “to restore democracy in West Bengal,” BJP legal department comprising advocates, …

Bengal panchayat election: Second round of repolling to take place in 20 booths
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal panchayat election: Second round of repolling to take place in 20 booths

India Today  

The West Bengal State Election Commission on Friday announced that another round of re-polling will take place in 20 booths across Hooghly, Howrah, and North 24 Parganas. Earlier on July 10, re-polling took place in 696 booths across 19 districts on the State Election Commissioner's order. The SEC in its notice said the second round of re-polling will be held …

Bengal post-poll clashes continue, election in 20 booths countermanded
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal post-poll clashes continue, election in 20 booths countermanded

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: The West Bengal State Election Commission has countermanded panchayat polls at 20 booths in three districts even as post-poll clashes erupted in several areas across the state on Thursday. Left Front, Congress Party, ISF with other allied parties take part in a central protest rally against violence during Bengal panchayat election “Election has been countermanded in some booths of …

​Bengal panchayat polls: After TMC's massive victory, BJP alleges 'loot' at counting centres
1 year, 8 months ago

​Bengal panchayat polls: After TMC's massive victory, BJP alleges 'loot' at counting centres

India TV News  

War of words: The TMC and Opposition BJP engaged in a war of words on Thursday, as the ruling party emerged victorious in the West Bengal panchayat polls with massive margin, over the violence that rocked the state on the polling day. The ruling TMC secured victory on all 20 Zila Parishads in the three-tier panchayat system, winning 880 seats, …

Panchayat poll results subject to court’s final orders: Calcutta HC
1 year, 8 months ago

Panchayat poll results subject to court’s final orders: Calcutta HC

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday said that the final results of the West Bengal panchayat election will be subject to its final orders on a batch of petitions that ranged from seeking repolling in several booths to a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the poll-linked violence. The HC on Wednesday said that the final results of …

West Bengal rural poll violence: 6 more killed, death toll reaches 48
1 year, 8 months ago

West Bengal rural poll violence: 6 more killed, death toll reaches 48

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: At least six deaths were reported from across West Bengal on Wednesday even as counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat elections continued, taking the toll to 48 in alleged poll-related violence since June 8 when the rural polls were announced, police officers familiar with the matter said. Read here: Panchayat poll results subject to court’s final orders: Calcutta …

WB Panchayat Election Results 2023: Mamata’s TMC Cruising Towards Victory, BJP Strengthens Position at 2nd Spot
1 year, 8 months ago

WB Panchayat Election Results 2023: Mamata’s TMC Cruising Towards Victory, BJP Strengthens Position at 2nd Spot

News 18  

Calcutta HC Says Bengal Panchayat Poll Results Will Be Subject to Its Final Orders The Calcutta High Court said that the panchayat elections in West Bengal and the declaration of results will be subject to its final orders in connection with matters which it is hearing over allegations of electoral malpractices on the day of polling. West Bengal Panchayat Polls …

Bengal Panchayat Polls: TMC Wins, But At What Cost? Many Cautionary Signs For Mamata Banerjee
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Polls: TMC Wins, But At What Cost? Many Cautionary Signs For Mamata Banerjee

ABP News  

Following a tumultuous month plagued by widespread violence, the West Bengal panchayat election has reached its conclusion with a resounding triumph for Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress party. In the realm of electoral politics, where numbers hold paramount importance, Mamata Banerjee's resounding victory as the undisputed leader of West Bengal, after securing an impressive vote share of over 52%, …

WB Gram Panchayat Poll Results 2023: TMC Celebrates After Strong Lead; BJP Claims At Least 45 Killed in Violence
1 year, 8 months ago

WB Gram Panchayat Poll Results 2023: TMC Celebrates After Strong Lead; BJP Claims At Least 45 Killed in Violence

News 18  

TMC Resides in Hearts of People: Mamata on Panchayat Poll Win Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday thanked the people of West Bengal for the TMC’s huge win in the panchayat elections. West Bengal Panchayat Poll: BJP Wins 705 Gram Panchayats, Leading in 4,051 Official data till 4:45 pm shows that BJP won 705 Gram Panchayats seats and is leading …

BJP Claims at Least 45 Killed in Bengal Panchayat Polls, Calls Mamata Banerjee 'Ruthless'
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP Claims at Least 45 Killed in Bengal Panchayat Polls, Calls Mamata Banerjee 'Ruthless'

News 18  

The BJP on Tuesday slammed the Trinamool Congress government over the “state- Violence rocked the July 8 rural polls, leaving 15 dead while ballot boxes were vandalised, ballot papers burnt and bombs thrown at rivals in several places. As counting began on Tuesday and initial trends started pouring in, the BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra claimed the ruling TMC’s “dadagiri …

All Quiet on the 'West Bengal' Front: The Congress's Dilemma over Panchayat Poll Violence
1 year, 8 months ago

All Quiet on the 'West Bengal' Front: The Congress's Dilemma over Panchayat Poll Violence

News 18  

Silence can be powerful. But in case of the West Bengal panchayat poll violence, it is reflecting the dilemma within the Congress. While the fight over the poll violence is largely between the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress, too, claimed their party workers have been assaulted in state Congress president and leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan …

'Violence in Bengal is not accidental; it is state-sponsored murder of democracy': BJP unleashes attack on TMC
1 year, 8 months ago

'Violence in Bengal is not accidental; it is state-sponsored murder of democracy': BJP unleashes attack on TMC

Firstpost  

BJP leader Sambit Patra claimed that the ruling Trinamool Congress’ government in West Bengal’s ‘dadagiri politics’ was on even on the day of ballot counting Violence in West Bengal is “not accidental,” but is “a state- Patra’s statement came on the day when the counting of votes for the Bengal Panchayat polls were underway. “In West Bengal, elections and violence …

Violence is Mainstay of Bengal Politics, And BJP will Make This a Crucial Issue for 2024 Polls - News18
1 year, 8 months ago

Violence is Mainstay of Bengal Politics, And BJP will Make This a Crucial Issue for 2024 Polls - News18

News 18  

Twenty people were reportedly killed in violent clashes related to Panchayat elections in West Bengal until Monday. For the Opposition block, especially for the BJP, this election turns out to be a repetition of the 2018 Panchayat polls in terms of political violence. BJP, which has been designing its campaign on the issues of corruption, scams and the dynasty politics, …

WB Panchayat Elections: 3 Factors to Watch Out for in West Bengal's 2024 Semi-Final
1 year, 8 months ago

WB Panchayat Elections: 3 Factors to Watch Out for in West Bengal's 2024 Semi-Final

News 18  

The counting of votes in the violence-hit West Bengal Panchayat elections began amid tight security on Tuesday morning across 928 seats in Zilla Parishads, 9,730 seats in Panchayat Samithis and 63,299 seats in Gram Panchayats. In the 2018 rural body elections, the Trinamool Congress had won all 20 Zilla Parishad seats, but the BJP had managed to make inroads in …

Panchayat Elections: Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Poll Violence; Orders Treatment Of Injured, Support For Last Rites Of Deceased
1 year, 8 months ago

Panchayat Elections: Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Poll Violence; Orders Treatment Of Injured, Support For Last Rites Of Deceased

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday called for reports on the scale of alleged violence during polling for the West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2023 on July 8. It was also submitted by the petitioner, backed by several intervenors, that the violence had indeed led to an announcement for re-polls, but the re-polling figure of 696 seats submitted by the State …

Bengal Panchayat Polls Results To Decide Winner In TMC Vs BJP Face-Off Today After Massive Violence, Repolling — 10 Points
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Polls Results To Decide Winner In TMC Vs BJP Face-Off Today After Massive Violence, Repolling — 10 Points

ABP News  

The counting for high-stake West Bengal Panchayat elections will begin at 8 am today at 339 counting centres across the state after violence and arson severely affected the voting at several booths. Here are the top ten points on the rural polls: 10 Points On West Bengal Panchayat Elections Heavy security deployment has been made on counting centres across the …

Violence, corruption enemies of Bengal, says Governor CV Ananda Bose
1 year, 8 months ago

Violence, corruption enemies of Bengal, says Governor CV Ananda Bose

India TV News  

Bengal violence: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday made a statement on political violence in the state saying that Bengal has two enemies -- violence and corruption. The Governor's statement has come in the wake of the violence which took place during the recently concluded Panchayat elections in the state, counting for which is taking place today. "Political …

Alarm bells: on the violence in the West Bengal panchayat elections
1 year, 8 months ago

Alarm bells: on the violence in the West Bengal panchayat elections

The Hindu  

The extent of violence in the West Bengal panchayat elections, though numbing, was not totally unexpected. Despite several interventions by the Calcutta High Court, which directed the deployment of central forces at all polling booths, the West Bengal State Election Commission failed on several counts. What proved costly was the State Election Commission’s decision to conduct the huge exercise of …

WB Panchayat Poll Violence: Governor Meets HM Amit Shah, Says Good Will Come
1 year, 8 months ago

WB Panchayat Poll Violence: Governor Meets HM Amit Shah, Says Good Will Come

News 18  

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday and apprised him about the violence in the state during the panchayat elections two days back, sources said. The sources said Bose briefed Shah about the prevailing situation and his assessment of the polls marred by violence that claimed 15 lives. There was widespread violence …

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