CPIM candidate from Kolkata Dakshin constituency where polls are underway Saira Shah Halim lashed out at Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Mini
Amid continuing reports of poll-related tension and violence surfacing from different pockets in West Bengal on Saturday, the average polling percentage for the nine Lok Sabha constituencies till 9 a.m. was recorded at a moderate of 12.94, .
The real story is why political violence is so rampant and, more importantly, normalised in a state that advertises its ‘bhadralok credentials, admittedly with increasingly waning credibility outside its own navel-gaze.