Unedifying row: The Hindu Editorial on panchayat polls in West Bengal and security
1 year, 9 months ago

Unedifying row: The Hindu Editorial on panchayat polls in West Bengal and security

The Hindu  

The controversy in West Bengal in the matter of deployment of central paramilitary forces ahead of the panchayat elections to be held on July 8 is quite unedifying. A perceived delay in identifying sensitive areas resulted in the Calcutta High Court ordering the poll body to ask for and deploy central forces. In yet another unfortunate turn, the SEC responded to the apex court’s order by requisitioning central forces in 22 districts, in a move that showed pique and resentment rather than compliance. The High Court has once again intervened, noting that the requisitioned number was thoroughly inadequate and directed that more forces, not less than the size of the forces used during the 2013 panchayat polls be sought, when as many as 1.05 lakh police personnel and 82,000 central personnel were deployed.

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India concerned over Bangladesh's release of 'violent extremists', backs 'inclusive' elections
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

India concerned over Bangladesh's release of 'violent extremists', backs 'inclusive' elections

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: India on Friday expressed concern over Bangladesh's release of “violent extremists” and emphasised that it is the interim government's responsibility to protect Hindus, other minorities and their religious institutions, while also advocating for inclusive and participatory elections. Answering a volley of questions on the internal situation in Bangladesh, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We support a …

Saif Ali Khan Attack: If there are Bangladeshis in Mumbai, who is responsible? Asks Sanjay Raut
2 months, 1 week ago

Saif Ali Khan Attack: If there are Bangladeshis in Mumbai, who is responsible? Asks Sanjay Raut

ABP News  

In the backdrop of attack on actor Saif Ali Khan and ahead of Mumbai Municipal Elections, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has accused Bharatiya Janata Party -led central government for neglecting the issue of Bangladeshis earlier, and now worring about it during the time of elections, as quoted by news agency ANI. Questioning the Union Home Minister and Defence Minister …

‘Not conducive to fair probe’: SC shifts cases of BJP leader to CBI
3 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Not conducive to fair probe’: SC shifts cases of BJP leader to CBI

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the investigation of two criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader and advocate Kabir Shankar Bose from the state police to the Central Bureau of Investigation, stating that “the politically charged atmosphere in the State of West Bengal may not be very conducive to a fair investigation” by the local police. The bench, comprising …

2021 post-poll violence: Supreme Court pulls up CBI for ‘scandalous allegations’ against West Bengal judiciary
6 months, 2 weeks ago

2021 post-poll violence: Supreme Court pulls up CBI for ‘scandalous allegations’ against West Bengal judiciary

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for casting “scandalous” aspersions against the West Bengal judiciary to justify its plea to transfer the trial of cases related to the violence which occurred after the State Assembly elections in 2021. It is very unfortunate that the Central agency has chosen to cast aspersions on courts in …

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, 1 week 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 …

Calcutta High Court extends central forces tenure in WB
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court extends central forces tenure in WB

Op India  

On 12th June, the Calcutta High Court issued an interim order extending the tenure of Central Forces deployed in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal given post-poll violence rampant in the state. #BREAKING No Place For Violence In Democratic Polity: Calcutta High Court Extends Tenure Of Central Forces Deployed In WB Due To Allegations Of Post-Poll Violence | ⁦@Srinjoy77⁩#LokSabhaElections2024 #PostPollViolencehttps://t.co/3i9Vq8TWhd — Live …

Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC over post-poll violence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC over post-poll violence

The Hindu  

Amidst incidents of electoral violence continuing in West Bengal, almost ten days after the last elections, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court on the issue of post-poll violence. Last week, a single judge Bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda expressed concern over post-poll violence and …

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, 4 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 …

Bengal BJP seeks governors’ intervention after post-poll violence reports
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Bengal BJP seeks governors’ intervention after post-poll violence reports

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Incidents of post-poll violence poured in from several pockets of West Bengal, including Asansol, Howrah, Bhangar, Ghatal, Konnanar, Basirhat, Jhargram and Kolkata. A BJP office allegedly set on fire amid post-poll violence in West Bengal In most of the alleged incidents, it was the Bharatiya Janata Party workers who said that they were targeted and their houses and shops …

Several incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal, BJP and CPI(M) supporters targeted
9 months, 4 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 Election Phase 7 Voting: Final phase of voting in West Bengal marred by sporadic incidents of violence
10 months ago

Lok Sabha Election Phase 7 Voting: Final phase of voting in West Bengal marred by sporadic incidents of violence

Live Mint  

The seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal's nine parliamentary constituencies saw sporadic outbreaks of violence, particularly in Jadavpur and Diamond Harbour, where TMC, ISF, and BJP supporters clashed. As reported by PTI, while election officials initially reported peaceful voting, they also acknowledged receiving 1,450 complaints by 11 am, mainly from political parties alleging EVM malfunctions …

Odisha: Security beefed up for smooth conduct of third phase of polling
10 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: Security beefed up for smooth conduct of third phase of polling

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha police has beefed up security arrangements to ensure smooth and peaceful conduct of the polling process during the third phase of elections in the state to be held on Saturday. As per reports, a total of 94.8 lakh voters will decide the fate of 64 candidates in the six Lok Sabha seats and 383 candidates in the 42 …

Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP and EC again, asks why only central forces deployed in Bengal
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP and EC again, asks why only central forces deployed in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: Only central paramilitary forces were deployed during the first phase of polling at three Lok Sabha seats in north Bengal on Friday, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged at two election rallies in Murshidabad district while voting in north Bengal was on. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee address an election rally in Jangipur …

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 …

Post-poll violence case: Supreme Court refuses to pass order on urgent listing of West Bengal Govt's suit against CBI probe
1 year, 1 month ago

Post-poll violence case: Supreme Court refuses to pass order on urgent listing of West Bengal Govt's suit against CBI probe

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on February 21 refused to pass an order on an urgent listing of a lawsuit filed by the West Bengal Government that has accused the CBI of going ahead with its probe in post-poll violence cases, without securing the prerequisite nod from the State under the law. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing in the matter on behalf …

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 …

'Lightly' Interfering In State's Investigation May Disrupt Co-operative Federalism: Calcutta HC Stays Order For CBI Probe Into Medical College Admissions
1 year, 2 months ago

'Lightly' Interfering In State's Investigation May Disrupt Co-operative Federalism: Calcutta HC Stays Order For CBI Probe Into Medical College Admissions

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently stayed an order by a single bench for the immediate transfer of a probe being conducted by the State into the admission of reserved category candidates into medical colleges based on allegedly improperly issued caste certificates to the Central Bureau of Investigation.A single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had initially directed for the probe. …

SEC Tenders 'Unconditional Apology' To Calcutta HC For Failure In Complying With Orders To Deploy Central Forces During 2023 Panchayat Polls
1 year, 2 months ago

SEC Tenders 'Unconditional Apology' To Calcutta HC For Failure In Complying With Orders To Deploy Central Forces During 2023 Panchayat Polls

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took up a contempt matter against the West Bengal State Election Commission wherein the Court had issued Rule Nisi against the SEC and directed it to show cause why action should not be taken against it under contempt jurisdiction for "wilfully and deliberately" failing to comply with the court's orders for immediate deployment of …

NHRC Was Not Right In Seeking To Supervise West Bengal Panchayat Polls; Conduct Of Elections SEC's Sole Responsibility : Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

NHRC Was Not Right In Seeking To Supervise West Bengal Panchayat Polls; Conduct Of Elections SEC's Sole Responsibility : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the National Human Rights Commission challenging the Calcutta High Court's judgment which set aside the NHRC's decision to appoint its observers for the panchayat elections in the State of West Bengal.On June 23, a single bench of the Calcutta High Court had set aside the NHRC direction and this was …

Necessary for Country to Know Democracy Has Ended in Bengal: BJP Fact-finding Team on Poll Violence in State
1 year, 8 months ago

Necessary for Country to Know Democracy Has Ended in Bengal: BJP Fact-finding Team on Poll Violence in State

News 18  

A fact-finding BJP committee, which looked into incidents of violence during the recent West Bengal panchayat polls, submitted its report to party president J P Nadda, alleging that a “sickening symbol of shameful democracy” was witnessed during the elections. It is necessary for the country to know that democracy has ended in Bengal, BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi …

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 …

Break the vicious cycle of violence in every poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Break the vicious cycle of violence in every poll

Hindustan Times  

This happened in the 1970s. Since then, I’ve been wrestling with one question: Why was so much money spent and blood spilt for an election to a post like a block pramukh? The violence during West Bengal’s panchayat elections has reignited this old debate. The woman’s brother-in-law proposed a three-pronged strategy: One, how they will prevent Opposition supporters from voting …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Why Couldn’t You Control Law & Order? Registry Flooded With Emails Alleging Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Slams SEC
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Couldn’t You Control Law & Order? Registry Flooded With Emails Alleging Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Slams SEC

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court today questioned the WB State Election Commission regarding their apparent mismanagement of the Panchayat Election 2023, due to incessant barrage of complaints being received by the Court as well as its registry regarding rampant electoral malpractice and instances of deadly violence. The High Court has been facing a spathe of complaints pertaining to violence and electoral …

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, …

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 …

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 …

West Bengal panchayat election 2023 results: Litmus test for Mamata, BJP ahead of 2024
1 year, 8 months ago

West Bengal panchayat election 2023 results: Litmus test for Mamata, BJP ahead of 2024

Hindustan Times  

The counting of votes in the violence-affected panchayat elections in West Bengal will be held on Tuesday. West Bengal panchayat election result 2023: How to check vote count, winner 2018 panchayat polls outcome In the 2018 polls, the Trinamool Congress had won uncontested, 34 per cent of the seats in the panchayat elections. What rural poll results mean for TMC …

Bengal Panchayat Polls False Voting at thousands of booths, collecting evidence Suvendu Adhikari Calcutta HC
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Polls False Voting at thousands of booths, collecting evidence Suvendu Adhikari Calcutta HC

ABP News  

The West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday announced to conduct repolling on nearly 700 booths for the panchayat elections where voting took place on Saturday. While voting is underway, BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari again slammed the SEC and accused the poll body of not giving importance to ‘thousands of booths where voting should have been conducted again’, as reported …

West Bengal panchayat elections HIGHLIGHTS: 70 per cent voter turnout in re-polling at 697 booths
1 year, 8 months ago

West Bengal panchayat elections HIGHLIGHTS: 70 per cent voter turnout in re-polling at 697 booths

India TV News  

West Bengal panchayat elections LIVE UPDATES: The State Election Commission conducted re-polling in 697 booths spread across 19 districts on Monday following the violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal on July 8. The repolling held till 5 pm amid tight security with four central forces personnel deployed in each of those booths. A total of 69.85-per cent voter …

DC Edit | Check political violence in Bengal, it's out of control
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Check political violence in Bengal, it's out of control

Deccan Chronicle  

Violence has become the hallmark of elections in West Bengal and the election to local self-government bodies this year does not show a break from the trend — as many as 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured with an equal number of lives lost in the run-up to the election held on Saturday. Clashes began immediately after the …

WB Panchayat Election 2023: Repoll in Over 690 Booths Today After SEC Orders Amid Violence & Protests
1 year, 8 months ago

WB Panchayat Election 2023: Repoll in Over 690 Booths Today After SEC Orders Amid Violence & Protests

News 18  

As violence and massive protests continue to take place across West Bengal over the conduct of Panchayat Polls 2023, the State Election Commission on Sunday announced that repolling will be held in 697 booths on July 10. Massive protests have also been held across the state against the violence that rocked the panchayat elections and over allegations of irregularities. As …

Polling Over for Panchayat Polls, Central Forces Are Still to Coming to West Bengal
1 year, 8 months ago

Polling Over for Panchayat Polls, Central Forces Are Still to Coming to West Bengal

News 18  

Polling for panchayat elections in West Bengal on Saturday was marked by violence, claiming the lives of at least 15 people. As per the court order, a total of 822 companies of Central Forces were supposed to reach Bengal by July 8, but why was security not deployed at all booths, despite the order, is a pertinent question in the …

BJP Workers Hold Protest Outside SEC Office Against Bengal Rural Poll Violence
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP Workers Hold Protest Outside SEC Office Against Bengal Rural Poll Violence

News 18  

BJP supporters on Sunday staged a demonstration in front of the office of West Bengal State Election Commission in Kolkata, protesting against the panchayat poll violence that left 15 people dead. A delegation of the BJP’s state unit went inside the office to meet State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, a party leader said. The BJP, which blamed the state election …

2023 West Bengal panchayat election | BJP alleges Central forces ‘deliberately’ not deployed
1 year, 8 months ago

2023 West Bengal panchayat election | BJP alleges Central forces ‘deliberately’ not deployed

The Hindu  

The Opposition BJP in West Bengal on July 9 alleged that the Central forces were not deployed "deliberately" during the panchayat elections, inviting a sharp retort from the ruling TMC which said there was no guarantee that violence would not have happened if the forces were deployed. BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh said if the Central forces were deployed …

BSF says WB SEC didn't give list of sensitive booths during Panchayat polls
1 year, 8 months ago

BSF says WB SEC didn't give list of sensitive booths during Panchayat polls

Op India  

On July 9, 2023, senior Border Security Force officials made a significant disclosure regarding the recent panchayat elections held in West Bengal and the associated large-scale violence. BSF DIG S S Guleria accused the State Election Commission of withholding crucial information from the central security forces for deployment at sensitive polling stations during the elections. According to Guleria, the Border …

Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence A Wake-Up Call For Mamata Banerjee Leadership And Democratic Values
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence A Wake-Up Call For Mamata Banerjee Leadership And Democratic Values

ABP News  

West Bengal Saturday witnessed what can only be described as one of the state’s most violent and blood-soaked panchayat elections in recent memory. From the very moment that Banerjee made the decision to appoint Rajiva Sinha, the former chief secretary of West Bengal, as the state election commissioner, the ominous clouds of democracy's suppression began to gather. Mamata Banerjee Needs …

Bengal Poll Violence: 19 Dead, BJP Questions 'Silence' of Oppn on 'Murder of Democracy'
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal Poll Violence: 19 Dead, BJP Questions 'Silence' of Oppn on 'Murder of Democracy'

News 18  

The poll violence in the Panchayat election in West Bengal on Saturday ended up claiming at least 19 lives. Speaking on the poll violence in the state, security personnel alleged that despite several reminders, West Bengal State Election Commission failed to provide locations and other details of sensitive polling booths before the polls. “We had written several letters to West …

Bengal Panchayat Polls Violence BSF No Details On Sensitive Polling Stations Forces Inadequately Utilised
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Polls Violence BSF No Details On Sensitive Polling Stations Forces Inadequately Utilised

ABP News  

The Border Security Force on Sunday claimed that the West Bengal government did not provide adequate information on the sensitive polling booths in the state as violence marred the panchayat election voting day on Saturday. BSF Deputy Inspector General said despite several letters written to the state election commission seeking information on sensitive polling booths, the state government provided only …

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