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BJP Chief Compares Bengal Poll Violence To Pre-Partition Killings
BJP president JP Nadda on Monday claimed the Congress compromised on big goals for small gains causing India's division as he alleged that the opposition's politics is even now marked by similar "appeasement".
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BJP "Goons" Responsible For Poll Violence: Bengal Minister On PM's Charge
West Bengal minister Shashi Panja on Saturday alleged that BJP "goons", and not Trinamool Congress workers as claimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had indulged in violence during rural elections held in July.
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Rural Poll Violence Carried Out On Mamata Banerjee's Instructions: Anurag Thakur
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.
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"Trinamool Will Be Buried Deep In Next Election In Bengal": BJP
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
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From "Eating" Votes To Ballot Box Relay Race: Bizarre Bengal Polls Scenes
The panchayat elections in West Bengal, though marred by violent clashes between rivals, also featured bizarre acts by candidates desperate to win and unwilling to accept defeat.
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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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With Hopes For Development, Bengal's Hills Ready For Rural Polls After 23 Years
Residents of West Bengal's hills in the north are getting prepared to cast their votes in the July 8 panchayat polls after 23 years, even as nominees are doing last-minute canvassing before the trail ends on Thursday.
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Trinamool Worker Killed In Violence Ahead of Bengal Rural Polls
A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was killed and a Congress activist shot at in separate incidents of violence ahead of the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, police has said.
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What Bengal Poll Body Told Supreme Court Over Central Forces Deployment
West Bengal State Election Commission has informed the top court that the direction for the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections without providing adequate opportunity to state poll panel is an over-step of the judicial powers
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Bengal Rural Polls: Body Of BJP Candidate's Brother-In-Law Found
Amid the violence in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, the body of a BJP candidate's brother-in-law was found in the Cooch Behar district.
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Can Extend Nomination Filing By 1 Day: Bengal Poll Body To Court
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday told the Calcutta High Court that it can extend the last date of filing nominations for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal by a day to June 16.
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Team Thackeray Done, Says Devendra Fadnavis, Claims Big Maharashtra Win
Maharashtra's rival coalitions, the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP alliance and the ousted Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have both claimed victory in Gram Panchayat or rural body elections held two days ago.
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Sarpanch Candidates In Odisha Appear For Entrance Test Before Rural Polls
Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.
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Eye On Rural Polls, BJP To Organise Four-Day Yatra In Karnataka Next Week
The BJP will launch a four-day ''Jan Swaraj Yatra'' across Karnataka from November 18 with an eye on winning the coming taluk panchayat and district panchayat elections, the party's state spokesperson Ganesh Karnik said here today.
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Congress Leads BJP In Rural Polls In 6 Districts of Rajasthan
The Congress is in the lead in the panchayat elections in six districts of Rajasthan. Ashok Gehlot-led Congress has won 670 panchayat samiti seats and is likely to form the board in 4 zila parishads.
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BJP Chief Compares Bengal Poll Violence To Pre-Partition Killings
BJP president JP Nadda on Monday claimed the Congress compromised on big goals for small gains causing India's division as he alleged that the opposition's politics is even now marked by similar "appeasement".
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BJP "Goons" Responsible For Poll Violence: Bengal Minister On PM's Charge
West Bengal minister Shashi Panja on Saturday alleged that BJP "goons", and not Trinamool Congress workers as claimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had indulged in violence during rural elections held in July.
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Rural Poll Violence Carried Out On Mamata Banerjee's Instructions: Anurag Thakur
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.
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"Trinamool Will Be Buried Deep In Next Election In Bengal": BJP
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
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From "Eating" Votes To Ballot Box Relay Race: Bizarre Bengal Polls Scenes
The panchayat elections in West Bengal, though marred by violent clashes between rivals, also featured bizarre acts by candidates desperate to win and unwilling to accept defeat.
-
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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With Hopes For Development, Bengal's Hills Ready For Rural Polls After 23 Years
Residents of West Bengal's hills in the north are getting prepared to cast their votes in the July 8 panchayat polls after 23 years, even as nominees are doing last-minute canvassing before the trail ends on Thursday.
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Trinamool Worker Killed In Violence Ahead of Bengal Rural Polls
A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was killed and a Congress activist shot at in separate incidents of violence ahead of the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, police has said.
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What Bengal Poll Body Told Supreme Court Over Central Forces Deployment
West Bengal State Election Commission has informed the top court that the direction for the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections without providing adequate opportunity to state poll panel is an over-step of the judicial powers
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Bengal Rural Polls: Body Of BJP Candidate's Brother-In-Law Found
Amid the violence in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal, the body of a BJP candidate's brother-in-law was found in the Cooch Behar district.
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Can Extend Nomination Filing By 1 Day: Bengal Poll Body To Court
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday told the Calcutta High Court that it can extend the last date of filing nominations for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal by a day to June 16.
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Team Thackeray Done, Says Devendra Fadnavis, Claims Big Maharashtra Win
Maharashtra's rival coalitions, the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP alliance and the ousted Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have both claimed victory in Gram Panchayat or rural body elections held two days ago.
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Sarpanch Candidates In Odisha Appear For Entrance Test Before Rural Polls
Days ahead of the three-tier panchayat polls in Odisha, residents of a tribal-dominated village in Sundergarh district reportedly organised "oral and written entrance tests" for all the sarpanch candidates to boost their confidence.
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Eye On Rural Polls, BJP To Organise Four-Day Yatra In Karnataka Next Week
The BJP will launch a four-day ''Jan Swaraj Yatra'' across Karnataka from November 18 with an eye on winning the coming taluk panchayat and district panchayat elections, the party's state spokesperson Ganesh Karnik said here today.
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Congress Leads BJP In Rural Polls In 6 Districts of Rajasthan
The Congress is in the lead in the panchayat elections in six districts of Rajasthan. Ashok Gehlot-led Congress has won 670 panchayat samiti seats and is likely to form the board in 4 zila parishads.
