On Tuesday, the court had ordered that central forces should be deployed for the panchayat polls and had directed the State Election Commission to requisition paramilitary forces in sensitive areas.
The Trinamool Congress and BJP in West Bengal are attacking each other over the alleged disrespect to the Thakurbari Temple, a shrine of the electorally significant Matua community, which both the TMC and the BJP have been trying to reach out to.
HC takes up “inadequate” nomination time after BJP, Cong file pleas, asks SEC to consider Central forces; 2018 saw large-scale violence, with 34% of seats going unopposed to TMC
BJP supporters have sparked protests across West Bengal’s Kaliyaganj district, with one mob setting a police station on fire after the rape and murder of a Dalit girl.