Farmers’ body supported GP candidates win in panchayat polls
Dipak Kumar Singha won from Khagore 4 GP and Bibi Akhtarun from Khagore 5 GP. Both won as Independents.
Dipak Kumar Singha won from Khagore 4 GP and Bibi Akhtarun from Khagore 5 GP. Both won as Independents.
Facing severe criticism over the poor deployment of central forces during the panchayat elections in the state on Saturday
But, despite the circus around the voting process and the run up to it, people have not lost faith in the spirit of democracy.
Political commentators point out that this is related to the fact that the Congress and the Left have been contesting elections together against Trinamool Congress (TMC), the ruling party in the state on the one hand, and the BJP at the Centre.
The officials were provided with bottles of Carbolic acid at the DCRC centres in East Burdwan as the district has recorded 173 deaths in a year due to snake bite.
The BJP is all set to deploy its central leaders in West Bengal to campaign for the panchayat polls as well as the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state.
The Supreme court on Tuesday took a dim view of West Bengal panchayat election, saying thousands of seats going uncontested…
The Congress, whose workers clashed with those from the ruling TMC in at least two places in Malda, took to Twitter to condemn the violence.
TMC leader Derek O’Brien appeared to play down the ongoing political violence in the state by comparing the same to the violence during the Left Front rule.
In an “unprecedented decision”, the ruling Trinamool Congress has allowed all warring ticket aspirants to contest the rural polls as Independent candidates, saying it will recognise only those candidates who emerge victorious
