“Manipur incident is highly unfortunate, we condemn it. But what has happened in West Bengal is equally shameful,” said BJP MP Locket Chatterjee as she broke down referring to the alleged incident in Panchla.
West Bengal panchayat elections result: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had suffered an injury during campaigning, extended her gratitude to people for reposing trust in her party.
West Bengal panchayat polls: Accusing the ruling TMC of manipulating the results, state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar warned that he will be opting for legal action in the matter.
The ruling TMC has won in 30,391 gram panchayat seats, besides leading in 1,767 seats, according to the SEC. Its nearest rival BJP has won 8,239 seats and is leading in 447 seats.
As many as 15 people have been killed in separate violent incidents that took place on Saturday during the panchayat elections in West Bengal.
West Bengal panchayat elections: The repolling held till 5 pm amid tight security with four central forces personnel deployed in each of those booths.
During the panchayat elections in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) directly contested against the Congress and Left parties, who were supposed to be part of the anti-BJP front.
WB state election commission said that being an independent constitutional body is solely vested with the powers to take decisions in respect of the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls.
The apex court also set aside the Calcutta High Court order allowing filing of nomination papers through e-mail, WhatsApp in West Bengal panchayat polls.
Out of a total 58,692 posts for gram panchayat village, zilla parishad and panchayat samiti, 20,159 of them had remained uncontested in the violence-marred local polls in the state held in May this year.
Following sporadic violence during the West Bengal panchayat elections on May 14, 568 booths in the state are undergoing repolling today.
Polling booths were mainly targeted during the violence after clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress supporters and opposition party workers. Crude bombs were also hurled near several polling stations.
Polling booths were mainly targeted during the violence after clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress supporters and opposition party workers. Crude bombs were also hurled near several polling stations.
Sporadic violence and clashes between opposing political groups marred the West Bengal panchayat polls on Monday.
West Bengal Panchayat Polls | Around 1,500 security personnel from Assam, Odisha, Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh are in the state to reinforce security arrangements for the polls.
The SEC on Wednesday morning moved the apex court challenging an order issued by a divisional bench of the Calcutta High Court that stated the nomination papers of those candidates named by appellant CPI-M, who had filed their papers electronically before the deadline of 3 p.m. on April 23, should be accepted.
The court passed the order on an appeal filed by the CPI(M) and directed that it pertained to those candidates, whose names appeared in the list submitted by the appellant before it.
The West Bengal State Election Commission on Thursday announced that the panchayat election in the state will be held on a single day on May 14.
Earlier on Friday, the Calcutta High Court quashed the State Election Commission's order cancelling the notification for extension of deadline for filing nomination for panchayat polls in West Bengal and directed it to allow nominations by issuing a fresh notification.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside its earlier order and directed the State Election Commission to issue fresh extension for filing of nomination and polls in consultation with the state.
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