Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said 16 people have lost their lives in post-poll violence in the state and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for their families.
Mamata, who was addressing the media, also said that her government would provide jobs of Home Guard to one family member each of all five persons killed in CAPF firing in Cooch Behar s Sitalkuchi area last month.
“At least 16 persons - mostly from the BJP and the TMC and one of the Samyukta Morcha died in post-poll violence. We will pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to their family members. Our government will also provide jobs of home guard to the next of kin of Sitalkuchi victims, she said.
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TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with party leader Biman Bandopadhyay during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected MLAs. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said 16 people have lost their lives in post-poll violence in the state, and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for their families.
West Bengal voted in marathon eight phases to elect 292 MLAs to the 294-member state Assembly between March 27 and April 29 in the shadow of the devastating second wave of coronavirus. Bypolls to the remaining two seats was necessitated following the death of two candidates due to Covid. Bengal was part of the first major set of elections, after the polls in Bihar, that were held amid an unprecedented crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Thirty assembly constituencies in five districts voted in the first phase on March 27 and thirty constituencies from four districts voted in the second phase on April 1. The third phase, held on April 6, saw elections in 31 constituencies while 44 seats were up for grabs in the fourth phase on April 10. 45 constituencies voted in the fifth phase on April 17 and 43 constituencies in the sixth phase on April 22. The seventh phase saw 36 constituencies voting on April 26 with 35 constituencies voting in the eighth and the final phase on Ap
West Bengal Assembly elections 2021: Widespread violence during sixth phase of polling
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West Bengal: Widespread violence was seen during the sixth phase of polling in West Bengal.
Different polling booths turned into battlefields in North 24 Parganas after the cadres of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) clashed against each other.
At Khardah, Barrackpore and Halisahar incidents of bombings were also seen.
BJP candidate Shubrangshu Roy while visiting booths was gheraoed by the TMC supporters and was abused.
Talking to Free Press Journal, Subhrangshu said that the TMC cadres were not allowed to vote for which he had to visit the booth.