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CPI-M Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhaatacharya moved Calcutta High Court seeking a suo motu cognisance and initiation of contempt proceedings against Trinamool National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee for his alleged derogatory remarks about the judiciary.
Repolling has been ordered by the West Bengal State Election Commission in 20 Panchayat Constituencies, with the date to be announced later. The re-vote is in response to electoral violence, with a fact-finding team speaking to the victims in Basanti. A BJP worker died in Coochebahr, while fresh violence was reported in Bhangar, where a crude bomb injured at least five people.
Violence goes beyond politics in WB polls. It is also a fight for economic sustenance and social survival. The state has not seen a violence-free election over the past four decades. The ruling and Opposition parties change, but violence remains
The districts are Murshidabad, Malda, South 24-Parganas, North 24-Parganas, Birbhum and Uttar Dinajpur. In these six districts taken together, Muslims make up 42.04% of the population.