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. Share Via Email | A+A A- BJP national president J P Nadda accompanied by party leaders meets victims of post-poll violence in West Bengal’s Sonarpur on Tuesday | PTI Express News Service 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.
KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee after coming to power for the third time in a row attributed her victory as the victory of the people of Bengal and victory of democracy. She said that she would hold the victory rally later, as handling the Covid19 situation was a priority. Thanking her supporters she urged them not to take out victory procession due to the pandemic, rather stand by the people who are affected by the pandemic. “I had made a target of 221. It is my double century. Though Narendra Modi had pleaded for a double engine government in Bengal, it was a massive defeat for BJP. They should not show their face to the people, “the CM said.
Sheikh Mujib, as everyone called him, sent a battered Studebaker, vintage 1951, to fetch me to his home. This was a fairly modest villa by most standards, but at that moment looked like an oasis of tranquility and, because of a garden full of flowers, even of beauty. After endless cups of tea and half a dozen delicious but unidentifiable sweets, I concluded that far from being a troublemaker, Sheikh Mujib was a fantasist, for he spoke of his people s desire to assume control of their destiny which meant splitting Pakistan. The energy that Mujib generated was truly amazing. The masses of the walking skeletons that I had seen were suddenly transformed into sizzling balls of fire. Yet, I had a feeling that all that was going to end in tragedy. And it did. Mujib won a majority in the Pakistan-wide election but was refused the right to form the government for a united Pakistan. The Pakistani leadership decided on a crackdown, which included prison for Mujib and martial law in East Pakistan.
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Last Updated: People Of Nandigram Paving The Way For Renaissance In Bengal : PM Modi Exudes Confidence Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as phase-2 of assembly elections are underway PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as phase-2 of assembly elections are underway in Bengal. While addressing the rally in Uluberia, PM Modi praised the people of Nandigram, the constituency which has been the highlight of the entire West Bengal elections since the heavyweights Suvendu Adhikari of BJP and chief minister Mamata Banerjee have contested from Nandigram.
Nandigram (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): A vehicle belonging to media personnel was attacked near booth number 170 in Kamalpur, Nandigram on Thursday, as polling for the second phase of West Bengal Assembly elections was underway.
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Bengal, Assam record high voter turnout, Mamata s fate sealed New Delhi, Apr 1 (UNI) Both West Bengal and Assam registered high voter turnout in the second phase of voting for Assembly elections on Thursday with 80.43 and 73.06 per cent polling recorded till 1800 hrs. Of the 30 constituencies that went to polls today, included the high-profile Nandigram constituency of Purba Medinipur from where Trinamool chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is fighting the elections. To counter the TMC in its bastion, the saffron party has pitted Mamata s colleague-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before the elections. However, the voting was marred with sporadic violence in Bengal where nine seats of Paschim Medinipur, eight in Bankura, four seats in South 24 Parganas and nine seats in Purba Medinipur, totaling 30 seats, went for the polls.
Over 60 pc polling in Nandigram till 1400 hrs amid sporadic violence Kolkata, Apr 1 (UNI) Amid elaborate security arrangements, the second phase of polling in West Bengal, including high voltage Nandigram constituency in Purba Midnapore district, recorded a high voter turnout of more than 60 per cent till 1400 hours. Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Derek O Brien writes to EC alleging booth capture by BJP workers in Nandigram Assembly Constituency. Huge mob of BJP workers have entered booth no.s 6,7,49,27,162,21,26,13,262,256,163,20. BJP workers attempting to take control of EVM & rigging the booth, he wrore to EC. Mr O’ Brien tweeted, “BJP and their mind games! Won’t work. Trinamool booth agents ROCK SOLID in 354 booths in #Nandigram. We have registered complaints about 10 specific booths. All attempts by CRPF to influence/intimidate voters not working. People determined to have @MamataOfficial as their MLA