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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.
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BJP alleges 6 of its workers and supporters were killed in the violence, Centre seeks factual report from state govt while Mamata Banerjee calls for calm.
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Kolkata: West Bengal was in the throes of widespread violence on Monday that allegedly left several BJP workers dead and injured in clashes, and shops being looted, prompting the Union Home ministry to seek a factual report from the state governent on incidents of attack on opposition workers.
Videos of arson at a BJP office with bamboo poles and roof tiles burning amid worried cries of people running away from the premises were shared by the party. Photos of dead men, and people scampering with apparel looted from a shop were everywhere on social media.
KolkataWest-bengalIndiaBhatparaNandigramHong-kongBaluniUttaranchalSoumen-mitraMamata-banerjeeJagdeep-dhankharSuvendu-adhikariPM Modi dials WB Governor, expresses concern over law and order situation ANI | Updated: May 04, 2021 14:29 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 4 (ANI): West Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi called him and expressed his "serious anguish and concern" at the alarmingly worrisome law and order situation in the state following the culmination of the assembly elections.
"PM called and expressed his serious anguish and concern at alarmingly worrisome law & order situation @MamataOfficial I share grave concerns @PMOIndia given that violence vandalism, arson loot and killings continue unabated. Concerned must act in overdrive to restore order," tweeted Dhankhar.
KolkataWest-bengalIndiaNandigramMurshidabadHaldiaCalcuttaSitalkuchiCooch-beharSwapan-dasguptaCalcutta-high-courtMamata-trinamool-congressKOLKATA: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him and expressed his "serious anguish and concern" at the alarmingly worrisome law and order situation in the state following the culmination of the assembly elections.
"PM called and expressed his serious anguish and concern at alarmingly worrisome law & order situation @MamataOfficial I share grave concerns @PMOIndia given that violence vandalism, arson loot and killings continue unabated. Concerned must act in overdrive to restore order," tweeted Dhankhar.
He also said that concerned authorities must act in overdrive to restore order.
Earlier in the day, the West Bengal Governor directed the police and the Kolkata Commissioner to end "senseless political violence, vandalism, arson, killings and intimidation that shames democracy".
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