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West Bengal Panchayat Election: ‘TMC hooliganism crossed…’, BJP leader on poll violence

2023-07-17 00:00:00.0 铸币报-政治原网页

A war of words escalated between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress as violence and deaths were reported from across West Bengal during the panchayat elections on Saturday.

BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged that TMC hooliganism crossed all limits and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with the Chief Electoral Officer of the state were "responsible" for murders, according to a report published by the news agency ANI.

"Bloodshed in West Bengal in Panchayat Election. TMC candidate killed an independent Muslim candidate in North 24, Parganas dist. TMC knows only language of violence, murder and booth capturing. CM @MamataOfficial along with @CEOWestBengal is responsible for these murders," he said.

Sharing a video on the micro-blogging site, Majumdar said, “TMC hooliganism has crossed all the limits and is now stifling democracy by looting ballots openly in the West Bengal Panchayat elections."

He further accused the West Bengal government and the state polling body of "hoodwinking" the court's order which directed the deployment of central forces in all the districts.

"On the one hand, the SEC is reluctant to deploy the central forces. On the other hand, civil volunteers are deployed for election duty. This clearly shows that the state govt and SEC have hoodwinked the courts. Is SEC silently facilitating the booth capturing by TMC goons?" he added.

Meanwhile, State Shashi Panja asked why central forces have failed to protect the citizens.

"TMC workers have been murdered, two have been shot at. Those who were asking for deployment, saying that these central forces are the guardians of peace - the guardians have failed, faltered to protect the rights of citizens," Panja said.

The Trinamool Congress alleged that three of its party workers were "murdered" in multiple incidents of violence in the State after polling for the single-phase panchayat elections began this morning.

"Shocking and tragic incidents send shockwaves through the voting community. Three of our party workers have been murdered in Rejinagar, Tufanganj and Khargram and two have been left wounded from gunshots in Domkol," tweeted the All India Trinamool Congress.

The panchayat elections are underway for a single phase, with the counting of votes scheduled on July 11.

(With ANI inputs)