Bengal polls: Amid widespread protests over Sitalkuchi firing, Dilip Ghosh s naughty boys remark draws flak
Strongly reacting to the statement, TMC demanded his arrest while the CPI(M) said the comment unmasks the saffron party’s fascist face.
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KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Sunday courted fresh controversy by saying that more Cooch Behar-like killings may happen in the next phase of Assembly elections if “naughty boys like the ones who died in Sitalkuchi” try to take law into their hands.
Strongly reacting to the statement, TMC demanded his arrest while the CPI(M) said the comment unmasks the saffron party’s fascist face.
Cooch Behar killings: TMC workers stage demonstrations across Bengal, demand resignation of Amit Shah
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Last Updated: Apr 11, 2021, 09:02 PM IST
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The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said its workers staged thousands of demonstrations across West Bengal in protest against the killing of four people in firing by CISF personnel during polling in the fourth phase.
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The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said its workers staged thousands of demonstrations across West Bengal in protest against the killing of four people in firing by CISF personnel during polling in the fourth phase.
At least 11,700 demonstrations were held in south and north Bengal where TMC activists wore black badges and demanded the resignation of Home Minister Shah, naming him as the conspirator of the incident, senior party leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said here.
Terracotta horses of Bankura are facing tough competition from politicians, who have jumped over political hurdles with alacrity in the run-up to the Assembly elections in Bengal.
Mahadeb Kumbhakar, a 45-year-old terracotta craftsman, is immersed in making a pair of horses at his one-storey house in Panchmura village. The order has been placed by a Calcutta boutique and despite the March afternoon heat, Mahadeb cannot afford leisure as he has to meet the deadline.
“I am very busy now. I have to deliver this order within three days. I am just finishing the clay work. Now I need to paint and burn it,” says Mahadeb, working on the terrace.
West Bengal records a whopping 80 43% turnout in 2nd phase ummid.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ummid.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
80.43% turnout in second phase of polling in Bengal
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ITBP troops guarding booths in District East Medinipur during second phase of West Bengal Assembly polls.. Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, April 1 : Amid reports of violence during the second phase of polling in West Bengal, about 80.43 per cent of voters exercised their franchise on Thursday, as per the Election Commission s voter turnout app.
At the end of polling on Thursday evening, both the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress expressed confidence of sweeping the polls, including in high stakes Nandigram, from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting against her once close aide turned adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP.