Tag: Bengal violence

  • Bengal rural ballot effects topic to court docket’s ultimate orders, says HC after opposition cries foul

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    KOLKATA: Expressing sadness over the motion taken record submitted via the State Election Fee (SEC) on controlling the violence all the way through the panchayat elections, the Calcutta Top Courtroom on Wednesday stated the agricultural ballot effects will likely be topic to the general orders handed via it following quite a lot of petitions filed via the opposition.

    The court docket’s commentary at the destiny of a lot of elected applicants of the ruling Trinamool Congress got here in line with petitions via the opposition events alleging large-scale violence and intimidation via TMC activists at the day of the elections on July 8. The petitioners additionally held the state ballot panel to be in contempt of the court docket’s order to deploy Central Armed Paramilitary Pressure (CAPF) group of workers.

    “When the court docket is seized of the subject, it is going with out pronouncing that no matter has been completed up to now, i.e, the behavior of the elections and the declaration of effects, will likely be topic to without equal orders that can be handed,” stated the department bench presided via Leader Justice TS Shivagnanam in its commentary.

    Responding to the record submitted via the Inspector Common of the BSF, the nodal officer of the CAPF, over the problem of deployment of the central drive group of workers at the day of the elections, the department bench requested the state executive and the SEC to post affidavits.

    Alleging large-scale violence and electoral malpractice on July 8, the petitioners sought re-polling in round 50,000 cubicles out of 61,636. A consultant of one of the crucial petitioners displayed movies appearing alleged malpractices at the day of the election and the court docket directed to furnish a replica of the movies to the legal professionals of the state ballot panel, the state executive and the central executive. The court docket stated the case can be heard on July 20.

    Re-polling used to be carried out in 696 cubicles on July 9.

    ALSO READ | Calcutta Top Courtroom dismisses petitions searching for declaration of Bengal rural polls void

    With the deaths of 4 extra individuals prior to now 24 hours, West Bengal leader minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed for peace and expressed her condolences. Saying Rs 2 lakh reimbursement for the sufferers and process of a homeguard for every of the deceased without reference to their political allegiance, she stated, “Those that died are sufferers of cases. We won experiences of the deaths of nineteen individuals. It’s unlucky that such a lot of died. I’ve instructed the police to do so. Of the nineteen, ten had been from our celebration. We can now not differentiate at the foundation of political allegiance of the deceased.”

    The Bengal leader minister stated violence used to be reported simplest from 60 cubicles.

    The deaths of 17 individuals had been reported at the day of the elections and with the deaths of 4 extra individuals, the entire demise toll has long gone as much as 45 prior to now 35 days, for the reason that date for the agricultural polls used to be introduced.

    BJP MLA and Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari accused Mamata of downsizing the demise toll all the way through the election procedure.     

    On Tuesday, a four-member fact-finding workforce, led via Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, arrived in Kolkata from Delhi and visited a couple of strife-hit spaces in Kolkata’s adjacent districts. The workforce is scheduled to seek advice from north Bengal as smartly.

    “What sort of election is held via your management and police, Mamata Banerjee? Her executive has crossed even the information of the Left relating to misrule. Such incidents happened 15-Two decades in the past in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Violence even stopped there,” stated Prasad.

    Mamata slammed the BJP for sending the fact-finding workforce, labelling Prasad and his males as a “provocation committee”.

    “Throughout the previous two years, with regards to 154 groups have visited Bengal. Those are BJP’s provocation committees, now not fact-finding committees,” she alleged.

    KOLKATA: Expressing sadness over the motion taken record submitted via the State Election Fee (SEC) on controlling the violence all the way through the panchayat elections, the Calcutta Top Courtroom on Wednesday stated the agricultural ballot effects will likely be topic to the general orders handed via it following quite a lot of petitions filed via the opposition.

    The court docket’s commentary at the destiny of a lot of elected applicants of the ruling Trinamool Congress got here in line with petitions via the opposition events alleging large-scale violence and intimidation via TMC activists at the day of the elections on July 8. The petitioners additionally held the state ballot panel to be in contempt of the court docket’s order to deploy Central Armed Paramilitary Pressure (CAPF) group of workers.

    “When the court docket is seized of the subject, it is going with out pronouncing that no matter has been completed up to now, i.e, the behavior of the elections and the declaration of effects, will likely be topic to without equal orders that can be handed,” stated the department bench presided via Leader Justice TS Shivagnanam in its commentary.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Responding to the record submitted via the Inspector Common of the BSF, the nodal officer of the CAPF, over the problem of deployment of the central drive group of workers at the day of the elections, the department bench requested the state executive and the SEC to post affidavits.

    Alleging large-scale violence and electoral malpractice on July 8, the petitioners sought re-polling in round 50,000 cubicles out of 61,636. A consultant of one of the crucial petitioners displayed movies appearing alleged malpractices at the day of the election and the court docket directed to furnish a replica of the movies to the legal professionals of the state ballot panel, the state executive and the central executive. The court docket stated the case can be heard on July 20.

    Re-polling used to be carried out in 696 cubicles on July 9.

    ALSO READ | Calcutta Top Courtroom dismisses petitions searching for declaration of Bengal rural polls void

    With the deaths of 4 extra individuals prior to now 24 hours, West Bengal leader minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed for peace and expressed her condolences. Saying Rs 2 lakh reimbursement for the sufferers and process of a homeguard for every of the deceased without reference to their political allegiance, she stated, “Those that died are sufferers of cases. We won experiences of the deaths of nineteen individuals. It’s unlucky that such a lot of died. I’ve instructed the police to do so. Of the nineteen, ten had been from our celebration. We can now not differentiate at the foundation of political allegiance of the deceased.”

    The Bengal leader minister stated violence used to be reported simplest from 60 cubicles.

    The deaths of 17 individuals had been reported at the day of the elections and with the deaths of 4 extra individuals, the entire demise toll has long gone as much as 45 prior to now 35 days, for the reason that date for the agricultural polls used to be introduced.

    BJP MLA and Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari accused Mamata of downsizing the demise toll all the way through the election procedure.     

    On Tuesday, a four-member fact-finding workforce, led via Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, arrived in Kolkata from Delhi and visited a couple of strife-hit spaces in Kolkata’s adjacent districts. The workforce is scheduled to seek advice from north Bengal as smartly.

    “What sort of election is held via your management and police, Mamata Banerjee? Her executive has crossed even the information of the Left relating to misrule. Such incidents happened 15-Two decades in the past in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Violence even stopped there,” stated Prasad.

    Mamata slammed the BJP for sending the fact-finding workforce, labelling Prasad and his males as a “provocation committee”.

    “Throughout the previous two years, with regards to 154 groups have visited Bengal. Those are BJP’s provocation committees, now not fact-finding committees,” she alleged.

  • West Bengal Governor summons state ballot panel leader 

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: An afternoon after paying a seek advice from to violence-hit Bhangore in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, Governor CV Ananda Bose summoned State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha to Raj Bhavan on Saturday to temporary him in regards to the scenario, an reliable mentioned.

    Assets added Sinha has been referred to as by means of Bose to replace him in regards to the violence that claimed 4 lives within the state and steps taken to comprise the location.

    “The Governor has summoned Sinha at 2 pm to apprise him of the present scenario within the wake of the violence,” an reliable mentioned.

    After visiting Bhangore on Friday, the Governor mentioned measures should be taken to finish political violence and confident that “perpetrators can be completely silenced” and delivered to e book.

    After speaking to citizens and senior law enforcement officials there, Bose mentioned they wouldn’t tolerate violence.

    Over 5 crore electorate are eligible to workout their franchise within the state’s three-tier panchayat elections to elect just about 74,000 applicants in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis, and gram panchayats.

    KOLKATA: An afternoon after paying a seek advice from to violence-hit Bhangore in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, Governor CV Ananda Bose summoned State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha to Raj Bhavan on Saturday to temporary him in regards to the scenario, an reliable mentioned.

    Assets added Sinha has been referred to as by means of Bose to replace him in regards to the violence that claimed 4 lives within the state and steps taken to comprise the location.

    “The Governor has summoned Sinha at 2 pm to apprise him of the present scenario within the wake of the violence,” an reliable mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    After visiting Bhangore on Friday, the Governor mentioned measures should be taken to finish political violence and confident that “perpetrators can be completely silenced” and delivered to e book.

    After speaking to citizens and senior law enforcement officials there, Bose mentioned they wouldn’t tolerate violence.

    Over 5 crore electorate are eligible to workout their franchise within the state’s three-tier panchayat elections to elect just about 74,000 applicants in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis, and gram panchayats.

  • Prophet remarks row: Bengal’s violence-hit spaces non violent; political blame recreation continues

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: The location in spaces of West Bengal which witnessed arson right through protests towards debatable remarks by way of suspended BJP leaders on Prophet Mohammad remained non violent on Tuesday as heavy police deployment to keep an eye on any untoward state of affairs persevered, police stated.

    Greater than 240 other folks had been arrested and over 42 circumstances registered in reference to the violence since June 9, the police stated.

    “The location in West Bengal is non violent and commonplace. There’s no knowledge of any untoward incident until 6 PM. We’re proceeding with the deployment of a excellent selection of policemen within the violence-hit spaces. Senior officials are there within the districts,” ADG (Legislation and Order) Javed Shamim instructed PTI.

    Raids and patrolling by way of policemen had been performed within the violence-hit spaces and a couple of arrests had been made on Monday evening.

    FIRs had been registered in Howrah, Murshidabad, Nadia and North and South 24 Parganas districts which witnessed violence since Thursday, he stated.

    Prohibitory orders below Segment 144 will stay in position in Howrah district, Beldanga in Murshidabad and Bethuadahari in Nadia until June 15, he stated.

    “Extensive seek operations for the culprits are on. They’re going to be booked below stricter IPC sections relying at the proof we’ve accumulated from other puts,” Shamim stated.

    Web products and services have resumed in Howrah from Monday however will remian suspended in Beldanga until June 15, he stated.

    The verdict on resumption of the products and services in Bethuadahari will likely be taken after reviewing the location there, a senior reputable of the state house division stated.

    In the meantime, RPF and GRP had been deployed at more than a few railway stations of the state to keep away from any untoward incidents and disruption of educate products and services.

    Kolkata Police made elaborate safety preparations right through the day for a programme by way of the minority neighborhood in Esplanade house of town which handed of peacefully.

    “There used to be no incident on the programme. We needed to divert the visitors,” a police officer stated.

    The state executive on Monday issued an advisory for all multiple-system operators (MSOs) and cable operators within the state to chorus from transmitting any delicate content material violative of Cable Tv Community Act, 1995.

    Reacting to the advisory, the opposition BJP alleged that the TMC executive is “looking to gag the media and conceal the reality”.

    “What do fascist governments do after they wish to cover their incompetence or premeditated acts of omission? They aim the media and clamp down on protection that exposes them. Mamata Banerjee’s management has achieved simply that – issued a draconian diktat caution the media of penalties,” BJP co-incharge of Bengal Amit Malviya tweeted.

    Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar alleged, “The state executive did not keep an eye on the location by way of permitting the violence and arson to happen to assuage its vote financial institution politics. Now when all of the nation is witnessing lawless state of affairs, the state executive is making an attempt to stifle the voice of the media. That is an instantaneous assault on press freedom,” he stated.

    The TMC in its flip dubbed the allegations as “baseless”.

    “The TMC executive believes within the freedom of the click. BJP leaders will have to be the closing to lecture us on press freedom. The state executive has taken all steps to comprise the violence,” senior TMC chief Tapas Ray stated.

    In the meantime, Jagannath Sarkar, BJP MP from Ranaghat in Nadia district wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind, Top Minister Narendra Modi, Union House Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar inquiring for their “intervention” to keep an eye on the violent state of affairs within the state and apprehended that the location may flip worse within the days to return.

  • ‘We will’t cling other people to ransom through violent protests’: Bengal cleric’s frame to Mamata

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Mentioning that individuals can’t be held to ransom through violence, an affiliation of Muslim clerics on Sunday night time recommended West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee to not grant permission to any further rally to protest in opposition to arguable feedback on Prophet Mohammad through two BJP leaders.

    The Bengal Imams Affiliation additionally requested contributors of the group to not fall into the traps of vested pursuits and bask in violence.

    President of the affiliation Md Yahia mentioned in a video remark that violence, arson and attacking houses and police body of workers through a piece of minority group contributors within the identify of agitation have harm the economic system and led to nice hardships to most people.

    “Whilst the feedback of Nupur Sharma and any other BJP chief are unacceptable and we’re anticipating administrative motion, we can not cling other people of the state to ransom through violent protests which can be happening in wallet of Howrah, Murshidabad and Nadia districts.

    Environment on hearth houses and pelting the police with stones and being lathi-charged through the police can not spice up the picture of a devoutly spiritual guy or his icon,” he mentioned.

    Yahia had on Thursday referred to as for protests inside of mosques around the state, difficult the arrest of the 2 BJP leaders, however mentioned the management is unfastened to do so in opposition to people who find themselves blockading roads and inconveniencing the general public.

  • Contemporary violence rocks Bengal, 60 other people arrested, cleric served realize

    By way of PTI

    KOLKATA: A minimum of 60 other people have been arrested after a wave of clean violence within the commercial district of Howrah, portions of Murshidabad district and South 24 Parganas, as Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed to take strict motion in opposition to “the ones making an attempt to instigate riots within the state”.

    Police chiefs have been shunted out to usher in officials with “difficult” reputations into spaces scarred by means of violence since Friday and the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif, a cleric with political ambitions was once served a realize Saturday by means of the West Bengal Fee for Coverage of Kid Rights (WBCPCR) Saturday for the usage of youngsters in violent demonstrations.

    West Bengal | Clashes broke out in Murshidabad district. Police body of workers on the spot percent.twitter.com/0vHuwGDFzi

    — ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2022

    Suspension of web products and services which have been clamped since Friday on Howrah district was once prolonged to portions of Murshidabad district too Saturday. The violent demonstrations and protests are focused in opposition to feedback by means of suspended BJP chief spokespersons on Prophet Mohammad.

    A minimum of 60 other people have been arrested and booked below IPC sections that care for rioting, try to homicide and inflicting injury to public houses, amongst others, in reference to violence in West Bengal’s Howrah district, police mentioned on Saturday.

    In style violence broke out in Howrah district on Friday over inflammatory feedback by means of now-suspended BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal.

    Contemporary violence was once reported in Panchla Bazaar house in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Saturday as protesters clashed with the police and several other properties have been set on fireplace, a senior officer mentioned. Protesters pelted policemen with stones, injuring a few of them, and likewise vandalised a BJP birthday party place of job.

    A number of fireplace tenders have been pressed into provider as police lobbed tear fuel shells to disperse protesters, the officer mentioned, including the location was once “below regulate” this present day.

    “The agitators had been dispersed. Some policemen had been injured within the stone-pelting. We’re carrying out a direction march within the house. The location is below regulate,” he mentioned.

    The West Bengal executive on Saturday additionally suspended web products and services in portions of Murshidabad district until June 14 to forestall the unfold of incorrect information following violence in Howrah, the place this type of clampdown is already in drive.

    ALSO READ | Bengal violence: Mamata executive reshuffles police officers in Howrah; web suspended in portions of Murshidabad

    This adopted the arrest of a faculty lady in Murshidabad district’s Beldanga in addition to violent protests and arson within the house.

    The woman was once arrested for allegedly placing up a submit on her social networking website online supporting the perspectives of the now suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammed, police mentioned.

    Protesters hard her arrest, clashed with Police and attacked the lady’s space in addition to a number of others within the house.

    Web products and services had been suspended in Beldanga 1 block overlaying Beldanga Police Station house and Beldanga 2 block overlaying Rejinagar and Shaktipur Police Station spaces until 6 AM on June 14, an order mentioned.

    Web products and services have already been suspended in all the Howrah district until June 13 and Segment 144 of CrPC has been imposed in different spaces equivalent to Uluberia, Domjur and Panchla until June 15.

    Incidents of violence and protests have been reported from South 24 Parganas district’s Kulpi. Protesters attacked MLA Jogaranjan Halder’s car close to Amtala, police mentioned.

    Banerjee in a tweet on Saturday claimed that some political events have been at the back of the violent incidents that rocked Howrah district and promised to take strict motion in opposition to the ones making an attempt to instigate riots within the state.

    She additionally puzzled why commonplace other people must endure because of a “sin” dedicated by means of the BJP, in connection with debatable remarks by means of suspended and expelled saffron birthday party leaders on Prophet Mohammad which caused the violent protests.

    “As I’ve mentioned prior to, customary lifestyles has been suffering from violent incidents in Howrah during the last two days. Some political events are at the back of this, they need to instigate riots. However this would possibly not be tolerated and strict motion shall be taken in opposition to the ones concerned. Why must commonplace other people endure on account of sin dedicated by means of BJP,” Banerjee tweeted in Bengali.

    Following the violence, the state executive changed the Superintendent of Police of Rural Howrah, and the Commissioner of Police of Howrah Town.

    Praveen Tripathi, Further CP of Kolkata Police, was once made the brand new Commissioner of Police of Howrah Town.

    ALSO READ | Prophet remarks row: Jharkhand CM orders high-level probe into Ranchi violence

    Swathi Bhangalia, DCP (South West) of Kolkata Police, was once made the brand new SP of Rural Howrah.

    The West Bengal Fee for Coverage of Kid Rights (WBCPCR) Saturday despatched a show-cause realize Md Sanaullah Siddiqui, the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif, because it took suo motu cognisance of the movies on Fb appearing youngsters taking part in protests at Domjur in Howrah district the place agitators pelted stones, set police automobiles on fireplace, broken public assets and clashed with police on Friday.

    In its realize, the fee expressed worry over the problem and condemned hanging youngsters in peril and directed the superintendents of police of Howrah rural and Barasat police districts, Howrah police commissioner and district magistrates of Howrah and North 24 Parganas to investigate and take suitable motion in opposition to the ones curious about the usage of youngsters for demonstrations.

    The protests stored the state’s political cauldron at the boil as West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar and his supporters have been arrested whilst seeking to talk over with the violence-hit Howrah district the place a number of saffron birthday party places of work have been attacked, because the district was once below prohibitory orders and gatherings of five or extra other people was once banned there.

    Majumdar and his partners have been on the other hand later launched.

    Reacting to the violence West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday expressed worry over the “worsening regulation and order” scenario within the state and requested Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee to deal sternly with lawbreakers.

    BJP MP from West Bengal, Saumitra Khan, additionally wrote to Union House Minister Amit Shah, hard quick deployment of central forces in violence-hit Howrah.

    Reacting to the traits, TMC leader spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Ray on the other hand accused the Governor and the BJP leaders of creating provocative statements at the factor.

    “The Governor and the BJP leaders are making provocative statements. They’re fanning violence,” he mentioned, questioning why Nupur Sharma had no longer been arrested as but.