BJP's Suvendu Adhikari puts lock on election office after Bengal poll violence
India TodayIn a symbolic protest against the violence during the West Bengal panchayat polls, the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, locked the gate of the State Election Commission office in Kolkata. This protest came after BJP leader Adhikari's meeting with Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, where he had expressed his discontent with the violence that took place in several parts of the state during the rural polls. #WATCH | "Lot of arms and ammunition have come to Bengal.most of the deaths were due to bullet injuries, who has sent these weapons here and who funded it, so there should be an NIA probe into this.many poor people died in the violence, what was Police doing?.this must beâæ pic.twitter.com/t4JLnp3kMg — ANI July 8, 2023 BENGAL POLL VIOLENCE The Bengal panchayat polls that took place on Saturday were marred by violence with incidents of booth capturing and vandalism being reported across districts. Meanwhile, West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday "congratulated" Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for winning the just-concluded violent rural polls.