As part of the protest, BJP workers burned tyres, blocked roads, and closed shops in Nandigram, alleging that Trinamool Congress-backed criminals were responsible for the killing of Rathibala Arhi, a saffron party worker in Sonachura village.
State BJP wrote to the chief electoral officer of West Bengal requesting to remove the SP of Purba Medinipur district immediately. They also alleged that murder was the consequence of inflammatory statements made by CM Mamata Banerjee
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The police neither took the permission of the EC nor the high court before raiding my election office. This must immediately stop. I will lodge a complaint with the poll panel, he said.