The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Abhishek Banerjee last month over its investigation in the teacher recruitment scam. Abhishek declined to comply citing political responsibilities.
West Bengal panchayat elections: The repolling held till 5 pm amid tight security with four central forces personnel deployed in each of those booths.
West Bengal Panchayat Polls Violence: At least 15 people were killed in violence during polling in West Bengal on Saturday.
BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh said had the central forces been deployed in sensitive areas, there would not have been so much violence. TMC hit back and said there is no guarantee that doing so would have prevented the violence.
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.
West Bengal Panchayat poll was held on Saturday, however, the reports of violence and deaths dominated the headlines the entire day. Political parties including the TMC, BJP, and Congress said that they lost their supporters in the violence.
Anurag Thakur slammed Mamata Banerjee over the violence during the polling of the panchayat election and alleged that TMC considers ‘murders its guarantee to power’.
The ruling TMC, which said that it lost six of its supporters in the violence, accused the opposition of instigating violence and hit out at the central forces for their failure to provide security to the voters.
The polling for the panchayat poll elections is underway.
West Bengal Panchayat Election HIGHLIGHTS: Violence rocked Bengal's rural polls as voting ended on Saturday leaving 12 people dead, ballot boxes vandalized and bombs thrown at rivals in a number of villages.
The panchayat elections in West Bengal, which witnessed pre-poll violence leading to deaths, will be held today amid tight security. The Governor has appealed to the people to come out in large numbers and cast their votes.
CPI(M) demanded that the history sheeters be taken into custody to percent the from creating any chaos during voting in the West Bengal panchayat polls on July 8.
Mamata Banerjee knee surgery: The TMC supremo is scheduled to visit the state-run SSKM Hospital in the city on Thursday, July 6.
Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is attempting to divide Bengal using 'divisive forces', after 'destroying' Kashmir and Manipur.
TMC has alleged that West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has never uttered a single word against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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.
BJP has expressed apprehensions that the TMC would attempt to rig panchayat polls on the voting day in West Bengal on July 8.
Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose said the death knell of democracy should not ring in hands of its custodian.
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."
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