CPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury said, "This is not the death of Badal Shill, it is the murder of democracy by the BJP. I appeal to the people to protest this brutal murder and save the democracy."
The seventh and final phase of voting in nine Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal will take place on June 1 and the results will be declared on June 4.
In the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, 8 of total 42 Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal went to poll on May 13. These constituencies included, Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman – Purba, Bardhaman – Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum.
Though the military chief did not name any political party, it was directed at jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which has been alleging that the powerful establishment had supported the PML-N party to steal its mandate.
Virtually addressing the BJP's Panchayati Raj Parishad in West Bengal on Friday, the Prime Minister had earlier in the day criticised the TMC for using 'terror and threats' to intimidate the opposition in the state during the rural polls held in July.
Instances of ballot box theft, bloodshed and stone-pelting were reported from across West Bengal on polling day. TMC, BJP, CPI-M and Congress traded blame for the violence in the state.
Molla was a youth Trinamool activist from Khirishkhali village in Ramachandrakhali panchayat, as per information provided by sources in the victim's family and police.
Bose monitored the situation throughout the night from Cooch Behar circuit house, where he is staying, and issued instructions to State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, SP and District Magistrate, officials said.
A committee constituted by the NHRC had on Wednesday submitted a report before the High Court on cases of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in West Bengal.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, alleging that she has been silent over post-poll violence in the state and has not taken steps to rehabilitate and compensate the suffering people.
The top court said the replies of the Centre and West Bengal be filed in the matter and listed the plea for further hearing in the week starting June 7
Out of the 17 people who have so far died in the post-poll violence in West Bengal, nine are linked to the BJP, while the rest are TMC workers. This means that both sides are involved, it said. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation from West Bengal governor over phone."
Sporadic violence was reported and some candidates were attacked during the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections on Tuesday.
According to reports, two Congress workers and a TMC worker also got injured after a clash erupted between the two parties.
The BJP on Friday launched a sit-in demonstration in front of the office of state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) protesting against stray incidents of violence during and after the polls in Cooch Behar.
Kolkata: Poll violence has so far claimed eight lives in West Bengal and left 811 people injured in 874 incidents, an Election Commission official said today.While one person died in Nadia district later in the
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