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PM Modi dials West Bengal Guv Dhankhar to discuss post-poll violence; Home Ministry seeks report on eve of Mamata s oath-taking
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NEW DELHI: Hours before Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee (66) takes oath on Wednesday as the chief minister for the third time, the saffron lobby became active in a bid to unnerve her, citing the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister personally called up Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, who is to administer oath to Mamata, hours after the Home Ministry sought a status report from him on the law and order situation in the state.
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TMC MP Derek O Brien. [File Photo/ANI]
TMC MP writes to chief election officer, seeks removal of assembly poll incharge for illegal actions ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 16:08 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 5 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament (MP) Derek O Brien on Thursday wrote to West Bengal Chief Election Officer (CEO) seeking removal of state Assembly polls in-charge Sudeep Jain over his alleged irregular/illegal actions .
O Brien alleged that Jain worked in a partisan manner in Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue vandalism matter.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Election Officer of West Bengal, O Brien said, At a roadshow/rally in Bengal during Lok Sabha elections in 2019, led by Amit Shah, a mob of supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked Vidyasagar College, and vandalised Vidyasagar College as well as a statue of Shri lshwar Chandra Vidyasagar. In the aftermath of the same Sudeep Jain furnished
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