14 dead in turf fight after Bengal verdict
While the BJP claimed seven of the victims were its supporters, the Trinamool counted six of the diseased as its workers.
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BJP national president J P Nadda accompanied by party leaders meets victims of post-poll violence in West Bengal’s Sonarpur on Tuesday | PTI
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KOLKATA: Hours after trends showed Trinamool Congress’ landslide victory in West Bengal on Sunday, the state convulsed under post-poll violence wave from Sitalkuchi in the north to Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas that left at least 14 people dead, including two women. While the BJP claimed seven of the victims were its supporters, the Trinamool counted six of the diseased as its workers.
DGP West Bengal Police & Kolkata Police Commissioner summoned by West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. (ANI photo)
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Monday sought a detailed report from the Bengal government on the “post-election violence targeting opposition political workers in the state” that left 11 people dead since Sunday evening.
BJP reported six deaths in the alleged backlash, including of a party worker in Kolkata who was lynched soon after he posted videos on Facebook narrating how goons killed his pet dogs, and of an elderly woman in North 24-Parganas trying to save her son from a mob. Trinamool said it lost four workers in the wave of alleged political vendetta even as CM and party chief Mamata Banerjee appealed for peace. The ISF, which partnered Congress and Left in the polls, said one of its workers was killed.