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"Resembled Days Of Partition": JP Nadda's Attack Over Bengal Poll Violence
In a scathing attack on West Bengal's TMC government, BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday compared the violence during rural polls to the turmoil of partition.
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Congress MP Writes To Mamata Banerjee Over Threat To Rural Poll Winners
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".
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Opinion: Political Violence Dents Bengal's Image
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.
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BJP Claims 45 Dead In Bengal Rural Polls, Calls Mamata Banerjee "Ruthless"
The BJP on Tuesday slammed the Trinamool Congress government over the "state-sponsored" violence during the West Bengal panchayat polls, terming Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "ruthless" and claiming that at least 45 people have died in
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Trinamool Leading With Over 18,000 Seats In Bengal Rural Polls
According to the latest declarations by the State Election Commission, the TMC is leading in 14,972 gram panchayat seats. Its nearest rival BJP is leading in 3,421 seats out of 63,329 seats as of 4.30pm.
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Central Forces "Deliberately" Not Deployed: BJP On Bengal Poll Violence
The opposition BJP in West Bengal on Sunday alleged that the central forces were not deployed "deliberately" during the panchayat elections.
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Border Force's Big Charge After 13 Killed In Bengal Rural Poll Violence
Despite repeated requests from the Border Security Force (BSF) on sensitive polling booths, the West Bengal State Election Commission didn't provide any information on such booths to the central security forces, a senior BSF official said.
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"There'll Be Detailed Scrutiny": Bengal Poll Body Official On Violence
Bengal State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha on Saturday promised to look into complaints of vote tampering and to take a decision on possible re-polling after receiving reports from observers and returning officers.
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Miscreants Run Away With Panchayat Polls Ballot Box In Bengal's Mahadipur
Amid incidents of violence during voting for the Panchayat election across West Bengal, a miscreant ran away with the ballot box from the polling station in Malda's Mahadipur area.
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Post-Poll Violence: CBI Arrests Trinamool Congress Leader In Bengal's Birbhum In Murder Case
The CBI, which is probing cases of post-poll violence in Bengal, has arrested Ravi Baske, a local TMC leader in Birbhum district, in connection with its investigation into the murder of BJP worker Gaurav Sarkar, sources in the agency said on Tuesday.
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CBI Chargesheet Names 2 For BJP Worker's Murder In Bengal Poll Violence
The CBI on Thursday filed a chargesheet in a case of post-poll violence in Birbhum district of West Bengal -- its first since being handed over the probe into "heinous crimes" by the Calcutta High Court -- agency sources said.
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Situation Due To Post-Poll Violence In Bengal Alarming, Worrisome: Governor
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Monday called the situation arising out of the alleged post-poll violence in the state as "alarming and worrisome", and questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her "ostrich-like stance" on the issue.
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3 Arrested For BJP Workers' Murder During Poll Violence, Bengal Tells Supreme Court
The West Bengal government informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday three people have been arrested in connection with the alleged killing of two BJP workers in poll-related violence on May 2 in the state and FIRs have been registered in these cases.
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Former Judges, Diplomats Write To President Over Bengal Poll Violence
Blaming "state terror" for political violence in West Bengal, a group of citizens has written to President Ram Nath Kovind and called for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe monitored by a retired Supreme Court judge.
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Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar To Visit Areas Hit By Bengal Poll Violence
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said he will visit areas affected by post-poll violence in Cooch Behar district on Thursday.
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"Resembled Days Of Partition": JP Nadda's Attack Over Bengal Poll Violence
In a scathing attack on West Bengal's TMC government, BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday compared the violence during rural polls to the turmoil of partition.
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Congress MP Writes To Mamata Banerjee Over Threat To Rural Poll Winners
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".
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Opinion: Political Violence Dents Bengal's Image
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.
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BJP Claims 45 Dead In Bengal Rural Polls, Calls Mamata Banerjee "Ruthless"
The BJP on Tuesday slammed the Trinamool Congress government over the "state-sponsored" violence during the West Bengal panchayat polls, terming Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "ruthless" and claiming that at least 45 people have died in
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Trinamool Leading With Over 18,000 Seats In Bengal Rural Polls
According to the latest declarations by the State Election Commission, the TMC is leading in 14,972 gram panchayat seats. Its nearest rival BJP is leading in 3,421 seats out of 63,329 seats as of 4.30pm.
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Central Forces "Deliberately" Not Deployed: BJP On Bengal Poll Violence
The opposition BJP in West Bengal on Sunday alleged that the central forces were not deployed "deliberately" during the panchayat elections.
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Border Force's Big Charge After 13 Killed In Bengal Rural Poll Violence
Despite repeated requests from the Border Security Force (BSF) on sensitive polling booths, the West Bengal State Election Commission didn't provide any information on such booths to the central security forces, a senior BSF official said.
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"There'll Be Detailed Scrutiny": Bengal Poll Body Official On Violence
Bengal State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha on Saturday promised to look into complaints of vote tampering and to take a decision on possible re-polling after receiving reports from observers and returning officers.
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Miscreants Run Away With Panchayat Polls Ballot Box In Bengal's Mahadipur
Amid incidents of violence during voting for the Panchayat election across West Bengal, a miscreant ran away with the ballot box from the polling station in Malda's Mahadipur area.
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Post-Poll Violence: CBI Arrests Trinamool Congress Leader In Bengal's Birbhum In Murder Case
The CBI, which is probing cases of post-poll violence in Bengal, has arrested Ravi Baske, a local TMC leader in Birbhum district, in connection with its investigation into the murder of BJP worker Gaurav Sarkar, sources in the agency said on Tuesday.
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CBI Chargesheet Names 2 For BJP Worker's Murder In Bengal Poll Violence
The CBI on Thursday filed a chargesheet in a case of post-poll violence in Birbhum district of West Bengal -- its first since being handed over the probe into "heinous crimes" by the Calcutta High Court -- agency sources said.
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Situation Due To Post-Poll Violence In Bengal Alarming, Worrisome: Governor
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Monday called the situation arising out of the alleged post-poll violence in the state as "alarming and worrisome", and questioned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her "ostrich-like stance" on the issue.
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3 Arrested For BJP Workers' Murder During Poll Violence, Bengal Tells Supreme Court
The West Bengal government informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday three people have been arrested in connection with the alleged killing of two BJP workers in poll-related violence on May 2 in the state and FIRs have been registered in these cases.
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Former Judges, Diplomats Write To President Over Bengal Poll Violence
Blaming "state terror" for political violence in West Bengal, a group of citizens has written to President Ram Nath Kovind and called for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe monitored by a retired Supreme Court judge.
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Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar To Visit Areas Hit By Bengal Poll Violence
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said he will visit areas affected by post-poll violence in Cooch Behar district on Thursday.
