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Four people were killed at a school during polling for the state assembly elections on April 10, 2021, at Sitalkuchi in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar | Latest News India ....
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar faced protests in multiple locations of Cooch Behar district on Thursday when he visited some areas that saw post-poll clashes. His convoy faced black flags, “go back” slogans and questions on why he was silent on the Sitalkuchi deaths. Dhankhar did not meet the families of four youths of Sitalkuchi who had fallen to CISF bullets on April 10 during polls. Neither did he meet the kin of Ananda Barman, a youth shot on the same day in a clash in another poll booth. “The governor has always crossed his brief..His visit to Cooch Behar is nothing but a BJP-conceived plan (to further a lopsided version of post-poll violence),” said senior Trinamul leader Sougata Roy. ....
Bengal: How Infighting Took Away TMC's Fighting Chance in Cooch Behar District thewire.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewire.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Sunday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP’s Sayantan Basu and Trinamool Congress candidate from Arambag Sujata Mondal for their remarks in violation of the model code of conduct. The 24-hour ban kicked in at 7pm on Sunday. With public meetings and rallies barred between 7pm and 10am on account of Covid-19, the ban will effectively restrain them from active campaigning for nine hours only. Basu, in a speech at North 24 Parganas on April 12, had linked the April 10 firing by central forces in Sitalkuchi to the death of 18-year-old Ananda Barman, brother of BJP’s ‘shakti kendra pramukh’, and threatened that four people would be killed for each political murder. ....
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Sunday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP leader Sayantanu Basu as well as Trinamool Congress candidate from Arambag Sujata Mondal for their separate remarks found to be in violation of the model code of conduct. The 24-hour ban on both leaders will kick in at 7pm on Sunday. With public meetings and rallies barred between 7 pm and 10am anyway on account of Covid, the ban will effectively restrain them from active campaigning for 9 hours only. Basu had, in a speech delivered at North 24 Parganas on April 12, linked the April 10 firing by the Central forces in Sitalkuchi to the death of 18-year-old Ananda Barman, brother of BJP’s shakti pramukh, and threatened that four persons will be killed for each political murder. ....