The Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal witnessed a distressing repetition of history as the panchayat elections on Saturday resulted in uncontrolled violence, claiming the lives of at least 15 people and raising the total number of political deaths in the past 31 days to 33.
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He prayed that the rural polls in the state be declared null and void. "I have prayed that the court take suo motu cognisance of the violence and killings and violation of the high court s earlier orders to ensure free and fair polls," he said.
Six people were killed till noon since the panchayat polls started at 7 am and another three died in alleged poll-related violence since midnight in the state
There is no respite to the violence, vandalism and bloodshed in West Bengal on its polling day. Eleven people were killed in the violence relating to the elections on Saturday