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  • Yet another Bengal woman claims she was stripped & hit

    KOLKATA: After a recent incident of postpoll violence in Coochbehar blamed on the ruling Trinamool Congress, another BJP female worker was allegedly stripped and attacked with a sharp weapon at Jagatdal in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday.

    The woman, who has been hospitalised with head injury, told mediapersons that she was attacked by Trinamool workers when she had gone to fetch water. She accused the Trinamool of creating trouble in the area and threatening BJP workers after the June 4 election results.

    Somnath Shyam, a Trinamool leader from Barrackpore, said the incident was not political. “It happened in the ESI slum area. The problem started over water and trouble erupted among Muslim women. It is not related to any political parties: Trinamool, BJP or CPIM,” Shyam said.

    Recently, a woman from the minority community was allegedly stripped and beaten brutally in Coochbehar’s Mathabhanga area for having allegiance to the BJP.

    Following this, the National Commission of Women had visited Coochbehar and met the woman. Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose too had met her and the state police have taken her statement. Meanwhile, another accused was arrested in connection with flogging a couple in a kangaroo court at Chopra in North Dinajpur district.

  • ‘People in state of worry’: Bengal Governor slams ballot panel over violence forward of rural elections

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: The bonhomie between West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, which was noticed shortly after the previous entered Raj Bhavan and assumed workplace in November final yr, appears to be tapering off. The face-off between them reached its peak on Thursday over the problem of the function performed by the State Election Commission (SEC) and its chief forward of the panchayat elections in Bengal.

    Bose, late on Wednesday night time, returned state election commissioner Rajiva Sinha’s becoming a member of report casting a shadow on the continuation of the state ballot panel head.

    A confrontation between the 2 erupted when Bose, refusing to simply accept state election commissioner’s becoming a member of report, expressed his “disappointment” amid murmurs of elimination of the state election commissioner and Mamata mentioned the state ballot panel head can’t be eliminated on whims and fancies.

    Asserting that Sinha’s elimination is a “cumbersome process”, Mamata mentioned, “State Election Commissioner cannot be removed just like that. He was appointed after the governor approved it. He cannot be removed just at the drop of hat. The removal process is quite cumbersome, just like removing judges through impeachment,” earlier than leaving for Patna to attend a gathering of opposition events.  

    “Never ever has the poll process in Bengal been so peaceful. It’s cadres of our party who have been killed. There have been incidents in three to four booths and armed with that, some people are maligning Bengal,” she alleged.

    Bose mentioned that he had appointed Sinha because the SEC head trusting that he would conduct the election course of in a free and honest method. He added that through the elections the Commissioner has energy over the police and magistrates. “The Election Commission should not only be impartial but should also be perceived to be impartial. Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion”, he added.

    ALSO READ | HC orders Bengal ballot panel to deploy 82K personnel from central forces for rural elections

    Lambasting the state ballot panel, Bose on Thursday blamed it for the violence through the panchayat polls within the state, saying it was accountable for each drop of human blood that’s shed within the area.

    “People are disappointed by the apparent inaction from the Election Commission. People are in a state of fear. Of course I will not say there is violence all over. But there is violence and the fact that there is violence cannot be denied,” the Governor mentioned.

    After a sequence of run-ins between his predecessor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Mamata, the equation between Raj Bhavan and the West Bengal authorities turned a brand new leaf as Bose praised Mamata and shared cordial ties along with her.

    Praising her after she acquired her second doctorate of literature (DLitt) from St. Xavier’s University in Kolkata in February, Bose had mentioned, “This is not for her political acumen. For that she has received similar awards from the people’s university. This is a recognition for her pursuit of excellence in literature, in painting, in poetry.”

    Acting on the Calcutta High Court’s order, the SEC requisitioned 800 firms of central forces on Thursday, shifting from its requisition for 22 firms. The state ballot panel acquired a jolt within the Supreme Court when it challenged the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the state panel to deploy central forces throughout the state.

    KOLKATA: The bonhomie between West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, which was noticed shortly after the previous entered Raj Bhavan and assumed workplace in November final yr, appears to be tapering off. The face-off between them reached its peak on Thursday over the problem of the function performed by the State Election Commission (SEC) and its chief forward of the panchayat elections in Bengal.

    Bose, late on Wednesday night time, returned state election commissioner Rajiva Sinha’s becoming a member of report casting a shadow on the continuation of the state ballot panel head.

    A confrontation between the 2 erupted when Bose, refusing to simply accept state election commissioner’s becoming a member of report, expressed his “disappointment” amid murmurs of elimination of the state election commissioner and Mamata mentioned the state ballot panel head can’t be eliminated on whims and fancies.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Asserting that Sinha’s elimination is a “cumbersome process”, Mamata mentioned, “State Election Commissioner cannot be removed just like that. He was appointed after the governor approved it. He cannot be removed just at the drop of hat. The removal process is quite cumbersome, just like removing judges through impeachment,” earlier than leaving for Patna to attend a gathering of opposition events.  

    “Never ever has the poll process in Bengal been so peaceful. It’s cadres of our party who have been killed. There have been incidents in three to four booths and armed with that, some people are maligning Bengal,” she alleged.

    Bose mentioned that he had appointed Sinha because the SEC head trusting that he would conduct the election course of in a free and honest method. He added that through the elections the Commissioner has energy over the police and magistrates. “The Election Commission should not only be impartial but should also be perceived to be impartial. Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion”, he added.

    ALSO READ | HC orders Bengal ballot panel to deploy 82K personnel from central forces for rural elections

    Lambasting the state ballot panel, Bose on Thursday blamed it for the violence through the panchayat polls within the state, saying it was accountable for each drop of human blood that’s shed within the area.

    “People are disappointed by the apparent inaction from the Election Commission. People are in a state of fear. Of course I will not say there is violence all over. But there is violence and the fact that there is violence cannot be denied,” the Governor mentioned.

    After a sequence of run-ins between his predecessor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Mamata, the equation between Raj Bhavan and the West Bengal authorities turned a brand new leaf as Bose praised Mamata and shared cordial ties along with her.

    Praising her after she acquired her second doctorate of literature (DLitt) from St. Xavier’s University in Kolkata in February, Bose had mentioned, “This is not for her political acumen. For that she has received similar awards from the people’s university. This is a recognition for her pursuit of excellence in literature, in painting, in poetry.”

    Acting on the Calcutta High Court’s order, the SEC requisitioned 800 firms of central forces on Thursday, shifting from its requisition for 22 firms. The state ballot panel acquired a jolt within the Supreme Court when it challenged the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the state panel to deploy central forces throughout the state.

  • Violence continues in Bengal over upcoming rural polls, TMC candidate overwhelmed to demise

    Express News Service

    KOLKATA: As blood continued soaking the soil of Bengal earlier than the upcoming panchayat elections with the homicide of a candidate in Malda on Saturday, the state election fee moved the Supreme Court difficult the order of the Calcutta High Court which directed the state ballot panel to deploy central pressure personnel throughout the state for the upcoming rural polls following studies of large-scale violence.

    A complete of six individuals had been killed since June 9, after the state election fee introduced that panchayat polls in Bengal shall be held in a single part on July 8. Governor C.V. Ananda Bose visited trouble-torn Bhangar, South 24 Parganas, on Friday, the place three individuals had been gunned down on the final day of submitting nominations on Thursday, and stated, “Victory depends on the count of votes, not dead bodies.”

    “We moved the Apex court challenging the order of a division bench of the high court. Our petition was accepted and a hearing will be held on Monday. Though the high court on Thursday directed the state poll panel to deploy central forces within 48 hours of the order, it will not be effective immediately as we have moved the Supreme Court,” stated a TMC chief.

    Violence continued within the state over the upcoming rural polls. Mustafa Sheikh of Sujapur in Malda, a Trinamool Congress candidate of an area panchayat, was overwhelmed brutally when he was returning dwelling from the native centre the place nominations had been being scrutinised.

    “Mustafa was taken to a local healthcare centre with severe injuries on his head but the doctors declared him dead on arrival,” stated a police officer.   

    Though the TMC alleged Mustafa, in his late 40s, was murdered by Congress supporters, the police stated they’re probing the incident to determine whether or not it was fall out of an intra-party feud.

    “Many workers of the ruling party are unhappy after being denied tickets in the rural polls which resulted in rivalry among the TMC supporters. We are exploring all possible aspects to find out whether Mustafa had developed any rivalry because of his candidature in the rural polls,” stated a police officer.

    The Congress denied any involvement of its occasion supporters within the incident.

    In the upcoming panchayat elections, greater than 17,000 candidates submitted their nominations as unbiased contestants which irked the ruling occasion TMC. In a core committee assembly of the occasion at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Saturday afternoon, she reportedly requested to ship a message for the disgruntled who’re contesting as unbiased candidates defying the occasion’s dictate.

    “We are making it clear that if our party workers, who submitted their nominations as independent candidate, do not withdraw their candidature, the door for the party will remain shut for them forever,” stated TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee.

    Referring to the homicide of the TMC candidate in Malda, Banerjee stated the occasion desires an intensive probe into the incident.

    KOLKATA: As blood continued soaking the soil of Bengal earlier than the upcoming panchayat elections with the homicide of a candidate in Malda on Saturday, the state election fee moved the Supreme Court difficult the order of the Calcutta High Court which directed the state ballot panel to deploy central pressure personnel throughout the state for the upcoming rural polls following studies of large-scale violence.

    A complete of six individuals had been killed since June 9, after the state election fee introduced that panchayat polls in Bengal shall be held in a single part on July 8. Governor C.V. Ananda Bose visited trouble-torn Bhangar, South 24 Parganas, on Friday, the place three individuals had been gunned down on the final day of submitting nominations on Thursday, and stated, “Victory depends on the count of votes, not dead bodies.”

    “We moved the Apex court challenging the order of a division bench of the high court. Our petition was accepted and a hearing will be held on Monday. Though the high court on Thursday directed the state poll panel to deploy central forces within 48 hours of the order, it will not be effective immediately as we have moved the Supreme Court,” stated a TMC chief.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Violence continued within the state over the upcoming rural polls. Mustafa Sheikh of Sujapur in Malda, a Trinamool Congress candidate of an area panchayat, was overwhelmed brutally when he was returning dwelling from the native centre the place nominations had been being scrutinised.

    “Mustafa was taken to a local healthcare centre with severe injuries on his head but the doctors declared him dead on arrival,” stated a police officer.   

    Though the TMC alleged Mustafa, in his late 40s, was murdered by Congress supporters, the police stated they’re probing the incident to determine whether or not it was fall out of an intra-party feud.

    “Many workers of the ruling party are unhappy after being denied tickets in the rural polls which resulted in rivalry among the TMC supporters. We are exploring all possible aspects to find out whether Mustafa had developed any rivalry because of his candidature in the rural polls,” stated a police officer.

    The Congress denied any involvement of its occasion supporters within the incident.

    In the upcoming panchayat elections, greater than 17,000 candidates submitted their nominations as unbiased contestants which irked the ruling occasion TMC. In a core committee assembly of the occasion at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence on Saturday afternoon, she reportedly requested to ship a message for the disgruntled who’re contesting as unbiased candidates defying the occasion’s dictate.

    “We are making it clear that if our party workers, who submitted their nominations as independent candidate, do not withdraw their candidature, the door for the party will remain shut for them forever,” stated TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee.

    Referring to the homicide of the TMC candidate in Malda, Banerjee stated the occasion desires an intensive probe into the incident.

  • Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee dials new Governor, exchanges pleasantries

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee referred to as up C V Ananda Bose, the newly appointed governor of the state, and exchanged pleasantries with him, a senior official within the secretariat mentioned on Saturday.

    Banerjee telephoned Bose on Friday night and spoke with him for round 10 minutes and so they exchanged pleasantries through the dialog, the official instructed PTI.

    Bose, a retired IAS officer, is but to imagine workplace as the brand new governor of West Bengal.

    He changed Manipur Governor La Ganesan, who had been holding the extra cost of West Bengal since July after his predecessor Jagdeep Dhankhar was nominated because the vice presidential candidate by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

    Incidentally, the state authorities and Dhankhar had been at loggerheads over a number of points, together with the regulation and order scenario, since he assumed workplace in July 2019.

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee referred to as up C V Ananda Bose, the newly appointed governor of the state, and exchanged pleasantries with him, a senior official within the secretariat mentioned on Saturday.

    Banerjee telephoned Bose on Friday night and spoke with him for round 10 minutes and so they exchanged pleasantries through the dialog, the official instructed PTI.

    Bose, a retired IAS officer, is but to imagine workplace as the brand new governor of West Bengal.

    He changed Manipur Governor La Ganesan, who had been holding the extra cost of West Bengal since July after his predecessor Jagdeep Dhankhar was nominated because the vice presidential candidate by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

    Incidentally, the state authorities and Dhankhar had been at loggerheads over a number of points, together with the regulation and order scenario, since he assumed workplace in July 2019.