West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Mamata Banerjee calls Governor Dhankar as TMC-BJP workers clash in Nandigram booth
Nandigram, the focus of attention of Bengal elections is witnessing a direct fight between the CM and her protege-turned arch-rival Suvendu Adhikari. I am showing you V for victory sign. I m sorry Election Commission & Amit Shah, please control your goons who are heckling woman journalists in rallies (Image Source: ANI)
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Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 05:12 PM IST
The second phase of polling is underway in West Bengal s 30 constituencies, including the high-profile seat of Nandigram. Today s voting saw a face-off between the TMC and BJP workers at a polling booth in Nandigram where Mamata Banerjee is camping for some time.
West Bengal: BJP faces protests over candidate selection, violence at some places
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 22:24 IST p The police had to resort to mild lathi-charge to disperse the protesters outside the party s Hastings offic.Read More
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), which is leading an aggressive campaign to oust Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, continued to face violent protests from its workers over selection of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections.
BJP workers at many places in the state staged demonstrations outside the party s election office. At some places, they hurled stones at the nominees prompting police action.
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The police have started an investigation into the incident. Also, it can be seen that such incidents of political violence have been regularly making headlines in poll-bound West Bengal.
Six BJP workers have suffered grievous injuries in a bomb attack in Bengal. (Representative image)
A BJP worker died and five others sustained injuries after a crude bomb exploded in Gosaba in West Bengal s South 24 Parganas on Friday night. Two of the injured have been referred to a state-run hospital in Kolkata for further medical treatment.
Police claim that the injured BJP workers were making crude bombs when the explosion took place.
All of the injured were rushed to the Canning sub-divisional Hospital in South 24 Parganas, said officials. The injured BJP workers have been identified as Shovan Debnath, Vikram Shil, Arpan Debnath, Swapan Kurali and Mahadev Naik.