West Bengal Panchayat Chunav Violence: Violence erupts on counting day
News | July 11, 2023 11:34 ISTWest Bengal Panchayat Chunav Violence: Violence erupts on counting day
West Bengal Panchayat Chunav Violence: Violence erupts on counting day
Before the final battle of 2024, a big political battle is being fought in Bengal today
Voting is to be held for panchayat elections in Bengal tomorrow….and before voting even today there were reports of violence from many districts of Bengal….a Congress worker has been murdered in Murshidabad…in Coochbehar Firing happened.
Mamata Banerjee knee surgery: The TMC supremo is scheduled to visit the state-run SSKM Hospital in the city on Thursday, July 6.
West Bengal panchayat polls 2023: Hitting out at the BJP, Mamata said, "Before the Lok Sabha polls BJP assured you that it will reopen all closed tea gardens, but they did not. We will give you patta, land rights in the tea garden areas."
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday (June 23) told the Calcutta High Court that a total of 822 companies of central forces have been requisitioned for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who is the guest this weekend in 'Aap Ki Adalat' spoke on a wide range of questions relating to his second marriage, his alcoholic bouts and the gruesome murder of singer Siddhu Moosewala among other issues.
On Wednesday, around 68 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the repolls held in 572 booths across the state amid tight security.
The West Bengal Panchayat election took place after a long legal battle in the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court by the ruling TMC and opposition parties.
The repolls in these booths were held following reports of widespread violence during the panchayat polls on Monday which had claimed at least 12 lives.
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.
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 panchayat polls witnessed an acrimonious campaign with the opposition accusing the ruling TMC of unleashing a reign of terror during the nomination process for the polls.
The court's direction came after hearing the petitioners and respondents and taking stock of the deployment of armed forces on the polling day by the state government.
"Utter lies and rumours spread by TMC to distract from the violence it has unleashed on the Left Front cadres. We categorically deny any such understanding and remain opposed to both the BJP and TMC," Yechury tweeted.
The TMC had filed more nominations than the number of seats in all the three tiers.
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.
Justice Subrata Talukdar even directed the SEC secretary to treat the nominations of the nine candidates as valid and said that no fuzziness would be accepted by the court over technicalities.
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