Bengal Panchayat Election

Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting her "urgent intervention to stop the intimidation and abduction of the elected opposition candidates prior to the formation of Panchayat boards".

Four candidates who won the panchayat elections in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district alleged that they were kidnapped by Trinamool supporters, a charge denied by the state's ruling party.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged that violence in West Bengal during the recently concluded panchayat elections was carried out by Trinamool Congress activists as per instructions of Mamata Banerjee.

The Central forces deployed for the panchayat elections will continue to remain in West Bengal for another 10 days, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday.

BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, who is heading a five-member fact-finding team of the party to West Bengal in the aftermath of panchayat elections, on Sunday alleged that law and order in the state has "collapsed".

An enquiry conducted by BJP MPs into incidents of violence during the recent panchayat polls in West Bengal has exposed the "utter state of lawlessness" and the state government's insensitivity towards political adversaries, JP Nadda said.

Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the BJP and statements by its leaders about bringing down her government.

The issue has taken a political turn as Buran Murmu used to live in the same house with his son Biplab and daughter-in-law Sharmila Murmu who was a Trinamool Congress candidate in the recently held panchayat polls.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal in August, a month after the violence affected panchayat elections in the state, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said on Saturday.

The ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday steamrolled to a massive victory in West Bengal's violence-scarred rural polls, bagging all zila parishads and leaving its rivals trailing way behind in results declared by the State Election Commission.

The Trinamool Congress sweep in Bengal's rural elections has been subject to a hiccup the final order of the Calcutta High Court, that's hearing a bunch of petitions on poll-related violence and alleged electoral malpractices.

The BJP on Wednesday said it has improved its tally in the West Bengal panchayat polls from 2018 despite facing "brutal oppression" and claimed that signs are "ominous" for the ruling Trinamool Congress which will be "buried deep" in the

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she is saddened at the loss of lives in "sporadic" incidents of violence during rural polls.

The Calcutta High Court said the panchayat elections in West Bengal and the declaration of results will be subject to its final orders in connection with matters which it is hearing over allegations of electoral malpractices on the day of polling.

Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting her "urgent intervention to stop the intimidation and abduction of the elected opposition candidates prior to the formation of Panchayat boards".

Four candidates who won the panchayat elections in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district alleged that they were kidnapped by Trinamool supporters, a charge denied by the state's ruling party.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged that violence in West Bengal during the recently concluded panchayat elections was carried out by Trinamool Congress activists as per instructions of Mamata Banerjee.

The Central forces deployed for the panchayat elections will continue to remain in West Bengal for another 10 days, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday.

BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, who is heading a five-member fact-finding team of the party to West Bengal in the aftermath of panchayat elections, on Sunday alleged that law and order in the state has "collapsed".

An enquiry conducted by BJP MPs into incidents of violence during the recent panchayat polls in West Bengal has exposed the "utter state of lawlessness" and the state government's insensitivity towards political adversaries, JP Nadda said.

Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the BJP and statements by its leaders about bringing down her government.

The issue has taken a political turn as Buran Murmu used to live in the same house with his son Biplab and daughter-in-law Sharmila Murmu who was a Trinamool Congress candidate in the recently held panchayat polls.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal in August, a month after the violence affected panchayat elections in the state, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said on Saturday.

The ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday steamrolled to a massive victory in West Bengal's violence-scarred rural polls, bagging all zila parishads and leaving its rivals trailing way behind in results declared by the State Election Commission.

The Trinamool Congress sweep in Bengal's rural elections has been subject to a hiccup the final order of the Calcutta High Court, that's hearing a bunch of petitions on poll-related violence and alleged electoral malpractices.

The BJP on Wednesday said it has improved its tally in the West Bengal panchayat polls from 2018 despite facing "brutal oppression" and claimed that signs are "ominous" for the ruling Trinamool Congress which will be "buried deep" in the

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she is saddened at the loss of lives in "sporadic" incidents of violence during rural polls.

The Calcutta High Court said the panchayat elections in West Bengal and the declaration of results will be subject to its final orders in connection with matters which it is hearing over allegations of electoral malpractices on the day of polling.