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BJP party office at Arambagh was set ablaze on May 2.
West Bengal has reported several incidents of violence following results for Assembly elections were announced on Sunday (May 2). With the Trinamool Congress registering an overwhelming victory, reports of attack on BJP offices and workers started pouring in from across the state.Â
Vehicle of Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in a cliffhanger battle in Nandigram, was also reportedly attacked on Sunday evening.Â
The BJP also alleged that four of its workers were killed in the state in post-poll violence. In a tweet, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is the party s in-charge for the state, said its four workers have been killed and over 4,000 houses ransacked in incidents of post-poll result violence.
MHA seeks report from Bengal govt on post-poll violence
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Home Affairs Ministry. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 3 : The Union Home Ministry on Monday sought a report from the West Bengal government on the post election violence in the state targeting opposition political workers.
The Home Ministry in a letter to the West Bengal Chief Secretary has asked him to submit a detailed report on the violence that broke out in parts of the state on Sunday evening even as trends and results from the Assembly election were pouring in.
The houses and vehicles of some Bharatiya Janata Party candidates were allegedly attacked and a party office at Arambagh was set on fire. The vehicle of Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, was also reportedly attacked.
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