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Nine Dead In Post-poll Violence In Bengal; Guv Summons DGP, Confers With Mamata Banerjee
In light of the rising violence in Bengal post elections, Governor Jagdeep Dhankar called on the DGP and CM Mamata to restore the state s law & order situation
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The results of the West Bengal assembly elections have thrown up a landslide victory for the Trinamool Congress over the BJP even though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost the high-stake Nandigram seat to her protegee-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari. However, despite the elections coming to an end, political violence continued in the state.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused TMC workers of torching its offices and attacking party workers while the results were being declared on Sunday. At least nine people have reportedly died and many others have suffered injuries as a result of the violence.
After leading her party to a stunning victory in West Bengal, Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, was unanimously elected leader of the Trinamool Congress legislative party on Monday and will take oath on May 5.
Senior leader Partha Chatterjee said that Banerjee would take oath on May 5 and the newly elected MLAs would be sworn in on May 6.
Banerjee met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in the evening. The governor later tweeted: taking note of communication @AITCOfficial electing @MamataOfficial as leader of 17th Legislative Assembly have invited her to take oath of office of Chief Minister on May 5 at 10:45am at Raj Bhawan. In view of current Covid situation function will be with limited audience.
Accroding to National Center for Seismology, the earthquake originated at around 8:49 pm. The epicentre was at a depth of 30km, east-southeast of Gangtok.
No casualty or damage due to the mild earthquake has been reported so far.
A mild earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale hit Sikkim-Nepal border on Monday evening.
According to National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremors were felt around 8.49 pm.
The earthquake tremors were felt in parts of Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
Initial reports suggest that the tremors were felt in Bihar s Patna, Katihar and Kishanganj.
No casualty or damage due to the mild earthquake has been reported so far.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of damage due to earthquake and have spoken to chief ministers of four affected states, sources were quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
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