Bengal Panchayat

Referring to the violence during Panchayat polls in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the ruling Mamata-Banerjee Trinamool Congress had "played with blood."

Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday said they sent a delegation to West Bengal to inquire into the violence during and after the recent panchayat electons, no similar fact-finding team was sent to Manipur amid the ethnic clashes.

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".

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from West Bengal's Hooghly Locket Chatterjee broke down on Friday while recounting an alleged incident of sexual assault of a BJP candidate during Bengal panchayat polls.

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.

Three sealed and uncounted ballot boxes were recovered from a high school at Gajol in West Bengal's Malda district today morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a sharp attack on opposition parties ahead of their mega unity meet in Bengaluru. The PM's remarks came during his address while virtually inaugurating the Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair.

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.

Referring to the violence during Panchayat polls in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the ruling Mamata-Banerjee Trinamool Congress had "played with blood."

Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday said they sent a delegation to West Bengal to inquire into the violence during and after the recent panchayat electons, no similar fact-finding team was sent to Manipur amid the ethnic clashes.

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".

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from West Bengal's Hooghly Locket Chatterjee broke down on Friday while recounting an alleged incident of sexual assault of a BJP candidate during Bengal panchayat polls.

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.

Three sealed and uncounted ballot boxes were recovered from a high school at Gajol in West Bengal's Malda district today morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a sharp attack on opposition parties ahead of their mega unity meet in Bengaluru. The PM's remarks came during his address while virtually inaugurating the Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair.

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.