Mamata Banerjee’s diminishing grip on both her party and governance poses a severe threat to the stability of West Bengal. Time is of the essence, and a failure to regain control swiftly may plunge Bengal into a cycle of unrest
Accountability is an alien term for Mamata Banerjee and she lives in denial even when confronted with hard facts about how law and order has completely collapsed in West Bengal
The recent Panchayat elections in Bengal were on predictable lines. So was the poll outcome— the ruling TMC bagged 80 percent of the seats, with BJP distant second.
West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari locked the State Election Commission office in Kolkata from the outside as a symbolic protest against the violence during the Bengal panchayat polls on Saturday.
कलकत्ता उच्च न्यायालय ने पश्चिम बंगाल में विधानसभा चुनाव के दौरान हुई हिंसा के मामले में बड़ा आदेश सुनाया है। कोर्ट ने कहा कि चुनाव बाद हिंसा के दौरान हुए हत्या, बलात्कार के मामलों की जांच सीबीआई करेगी। इसके साथ ही अपराधों की जांच के लिए विशेष जांच दल (एसआईटी) गठित करने का भी आदेश दिया गया है।
BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari also alleged that Roy and four other workers were attacked by TMC while arranging the return of BJP workers who left due to the post-poll violence in the state.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Thursday that while the country is facing the Covid-19 crisis, West Bengal is dealing with the twin challenges of the pandemic and post-poll unrest.
May 05, 2021, 23:39 PM IST
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Wednesday (May 5) suspended Coochbehar Superintendent of Police Debashis Dhar in connection with the Sitalkuchi firing incident by alleged CISF personnel in which at least four people lost their lives. The government-appointed K Kannan as the new SP of Coochbehar. According to reports, the Bengal government will investigate the Sitalkuchi firing by CISF jawans in which four people, all Trinamool Congress workers, were killed at a booth during the fourth phase of polling in Coochbehar district.
The development came hours after TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was administered the oath for the third time as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Soon after assuming office, the West Bengal CM initiated a major reshuffle in the police hierarchy, transferring 29 top-level police officers, mostly those who were shifted by the election commission prior to the polls. Among the top-level officers who have been brough back to their former positions are DG Virendra, ADG (Law and Order) Jawed Shamim and DG Security Vivek Sahay, an order issued this evening said.
The Centre sought a report from the West Bengal government on post-poll violence in the state. Political workers were allegedly targeted by opponents since the announcement of results for the Bengal Assembly where the ruling Trinamool Congress emerged victorious. The BJP has claimed several of its party workers have been killed and over 4,000 houses ransacked in incidents of post-poll violence.