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  • Bengal: opposition leaders ‘assaulted’, ‘stopped’ from submitting nominations for panchayat polls

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: A number of incidents of clashes had been reported from other portions of West Bengal on Monday, as unidentified miscreants allegedly attacked opposition applicants whilst they had been on their approach to record nomination papers for the panchayat polls, a senior reliable stated.

    The clashes had been reported in Daspur (Paschim Medinipur), Kakdwip (South 24 Parganas), Raninagar (Murshidabad), Saktinagar and Barshul (each in Purba Bardhaman) and Minakhan (North 24 Parganas), he stated.

    The ruling Trinamool Congress accused the opposition events of forming an “unholy nexus” to lengthen the elections and tarnish the state’s symbol because of worry of defeat.

    Opposition BJP, Congress, and CPI(M), however, alleged that their applicants had been averted through TMC activists from filing nomination papers in quite a lot of districts and argued that with out the deployment of central forces, it’s unattainable to have non violent and honest elections within the state.

    A CPI(M) birthday party administrative center at Minakhan in Basirhat subdivision was once “vandalised” and the candidate was once “assaulted” through the miscreants when he was once going to record his nomination, the reliable stated.

    In any other incident at Sonamukhi in Bankura district, BJP MLA Dibakar Gharami was once allegedly attacked through unidentified folks as he was once heading to the nomination centre.

    “A number of such incidents of clashes had been reported, and now we have sought main points on this regard from the DMs and SPs,” the senior State Election Fee (SEC) reliable instructed PTI.

    The improvement comes on an afternoon the SEC directed all district magistrates and superintendents of police to impose prohibitory orders below Segment 144 of the CRPC in a one-km radius of all nomination centres.

    The orders, which have been issued on Sunday, can be in drive until Thursday. The panchayat polls are scheduled to be hung on July 8. The SEC reliable stated over 10,000 nomination papers had been filed to this point.

    In the meantime, the SEC on Monday instructed the Calcutta Top Court docket that it will possibly prolong the closing date of submitting nominations for the panchayat polls through an afternoon to June 16.

    After listening to petitions of opposition leaders for an extension of the date for submitting nominations and deployment of central forces for the July 8 polls, the court docket had on June 9 noticed that the time given for submitting papers is prima facie insufficient.

    TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated, “The reality is that the opposition, the BJP, CPI (M), and the Congress — had been looking to lengthen the panchayat polls out of the worry of defeat and their lack of ability to place up applicants in all seats. We problem them to post the listing in their applicants for all seats.”

    Mocking the opposition for complaining about loss of time to record nominations, Ghosh stated, “If they may be able to’t in finding applicants, we will be able to supply them with one. The unholy nexus of the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) is making an attempt to malign the state through demanding the non violent legislation and order state of affairs within the state.”

    “The SEC is operating like a frontal organisation of the TMC. With the deployment of central forces, unfastened and honest elections don’t seem to be conceivable in West Bengal. The TMC desires to show this panchayat election right into a farce, identical to 2018,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya stated.

    Within the 2018 rural polls, the TMC received 90 in step with cent of the Panchayat seats within the state and all 22 Zila Parishads.

    Then again, those elections had been marred through common violence and malpractices, with the opposition alleging they had been averted from submitting nominations in lots of seats.

    State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated the folk of West Bengal can forged their votes provided that central forces are deployed.

    “The TMC simply desires to loot the general public mandate, and the SEC and the state police are simply operating as its frontal organisations,” he stated.

    In 2013, the panchayat polls had been held with central forces stationed at each polling sales space within the state.

    In spite of their deployment, the TMC, which were in energy for 2 years then, received over 85 in step with cent of the seats, with the opposition alleging malpractices.

    CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim stated, “We strongly condemn the fear techniques followed through the TMC to derail the democratic procedure through unleashing violence on opposition applicants submitting nominations for the impending panchayat elections.”

    Elections can be held for just about 75,000 seats within the three-tier Panchayati Raj machine on July 8.

    The nomination procedure, which started on Friday, would proceed until June 15, SEC had introduced closing week.

    KOLKATA: A number of incidents of clashes had been reported from other portions of West Bengal on Monday, as unidentified miscreants allegedly attacked opposition applicants whilst they had been on their approach to record nomination papers for the panchayat polls, a senior reliable stated.

    The clashes had been reported in Daspur (Paschim Medinipur), Kakdwip (South 24 Parganas), Raninagar (Murshidabad), Saktinagar and Barshul (each in Purba Bardhaman) and Minakhan (North 24 Parganas), he stated.

    The ruling Trinamool Congress accused the opposition events of forming an “unholy nexus” to lengthen the elections and tarnish the state’s symbol because of worry of defeat.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Opposition BJP, Congress, and CPI(M), however, alleged that their applicants had been averted through TMC activists from filing nomination papers in quite a lot of districts and argued that with out the deployment of central forces, it’s unattainable to have non violent and honest elections within the state.

    A CPI(M) birthday party administrative center at Minakhan in Basirhat subdivision was once “vandalised” and the candidate was once “assaulted” through the miscreants when he was once going to record his nomination, the reliable stated.

    In any other incident at Sonamukhi in Bankura district, BJP MLA Dibakar Gharami was once allegedly attacked through unidentified folks as he was once heading to the nomination centre.

    “A number of such incidents of clashes had been reported, and now we have sought main points on this regard from the DMs and SPs,” the senior State Election Fee (SEC) reliable instructed PTI.

    The improvement comes on an afternoon the SEC directed all district magistrates and superintendents of police to impose prohibitory orders below Segment 144 of the CRPC in a one-km radius of all nomination centres.

    The orders, which have been issued on Sunday, can be in drive until Thursday. The panchayat polls are scheduled to be hung on July 8. The SEC reliable stated over 10,000 nomination papers had been filed to this point.

    In the meantime, the SEC on Monday instructed the Calcutta Top Court docket that it will possibly prolong the closing date of submitting nominations for the panchayat polls through an afternoon to June 16.

    After listening to petitions of opposition leaders for an extension of the date for submitting nominations and deployment of central forces for the July 8 polls, the court docket had on June 9 noticed that the time given for submitting papers is prima facie insufficient.

    TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated, “The reality is that the opposition, the BJP, CPI (M), and the Congress — had been looking to lengthen the panchayat polls out of the worry of defeat and their lack of ability to place up applicants in all seats. We problem them to post the listing in their applicants for all seats.”

    Mocking the opposition for complaining about loss of time to record nominations, Ghosh stated, “If they may be able to’t in finding applicants, we will be able to supply them with one. The unholy nexus of the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) is making an attempt to malign the state through demanding the non violent legislation and order state of affairs within the state.”

    “The SEC is operating like a frontal organisation of the TMC. With the deployment of central forces, unfastened and honest elections don’t seem to be conceivable in West Bengal. The TMC desires to show this panchayat election right into a farce, identical to 2018,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya stated.

    Within the 2018 rural polls, the TMC received 90 in step with cent of the Panchayat seats within the state and all 22 Zila Parishads.

    Then again, those elections had been marred through common violence and malpractices, with the opposition alleging they had been averted from submitting nominations in lots of seats.

    State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated the folk of West Bengal can forged their votes provided that central forces are deployed.

    “The TMC simply desires to loot the general public mandate, and the SEC and the state police are simply operating as its frontal organisations,” he stated.

    In 2013, the panchayat polls had been held with central forces stationed at each polling sales space within the state.

    In spite of their deployment, the TMC, which were in energy for 2 years then, received over 85 in step with cent of the seats, with the opposition alleging malpractices.

    CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim stated, “We strongly condemn the fear techniques followed through the TMC to derail the democratic procedure through unleashing violence on opposition applicants submitting nominations for the impending panchayat elections.”

    Elections can be held for just about 75,000 seats within the three-tier Panchayati Raj machine on July 8.

    The nomination procedure, which started on Friday, would proceed until June 15, SEC had introduced closing week.

  • Bengal panchayat polls: SEC mulling imposition of prohibitory order close to nomination centres

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA:  In view of news of stray incidents of violence earlier than nomination centres for panchayat elections in West Bengal, the State Election Fee is mulling imposition of prohibitory orders below Phase 144 CrPC close to such centres from Monday, a senior SEC authentic mentioned.

    “We’re considering imposition of prohibitory order below Phase 144 Crpc round nomination venues very quickly.

    After we take the verdict the notification will likely be issued and handed directly to the DMs on clamping Phase 144 CrPC and will likely be in drive inside of a 1 km radius distance of each and every such venue to forestall amassing,” the authentic instructed PTI on Sunday.

    Requested what induced the verdict, the authentic mentioned “After assessing the bottom scenario for the sake of clean and non violent electioneering procedure to allow all stakeholders to accomplish their position.”

    The state’s three-tier panchayat elections are scheduled to happen on July 8.

    The verdict used to be preceded via experiences of violence throughout two days of nomination submitting throughout which a TMC employee used to be allegedly shot at in a conflict in Coochbehar, a Congress activist used to be shot lifeless in Murshidabad, and a TMC chief used to be stuck with a firearm in Murshidabad.

    Opposition BJP, Congress and CPI(M) additionally claimed that their applicants had been averted via ruling birthday party activists from filing papers in Murshidabad, Paschim Bardhaman and South 24 Parganas district.

    “Motion has been taken at the foundation of receiving experiences of each and every incident and the nomination procedure went on easily around the state since Thursday together with the arrest of a political chief for transferring round with a firearm in Murshidabad. The SEC will act strictly and promptly in each and every scenario,” he added.

    The authentic mentioned over 10,000 nomination papers had been filed for three-tier elections at the first two days around the state with the bulk numbers filed via opposition events.

    A Congress activist used to be shot lifeless on Friday, the primary day of nomination submitting, in Murshidabad district allegedly via TMC activists, a rate denied via the ruling birthday party.

    On the second one day, incidents of violence and scuffle between staff of the ruling and opposition events had been reported in Bankura, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts.

    Opposition BJP demanded rapid deployment of central forces to habits the panchayat polls whilst the TMC asserted that the opposition is looking for excuses fearing defeat.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP and birthday party spokesperson Shantanu Sen mentioned the opposition had confronted serious drubbing within the 2021 meeting polls and a number of other assemblies and one Lok Sabha by-elections, all of which have been performed within the presence of central forces.

    “Other people of Bengal are solidly at the back of the TMC and no longer with the BJP, Congress or the CPI(M). The opposition would possibly call for deployment of peacekeeping drive from the United Countries in panchayat polls if they would like,” Sen mentioned.

    The panchayat polls will likely be held within the state on July 8. The 2018 rural ballot procedure used to be marred via violence and alleged malpractices in numerous districts.

    KOLKATA:  In view of news of stray incidents of violence earlier than nomination centres for panchayat elections in West Bengal, the State Election Fee is mulling imposition of prohibitory orders below Phase 144 CrPC close to such centres from Monday, a senior SEC authentic mentioned.

    “We’re considering imposition of prohibitory order below Phase 144 Crpc round nomination venues very quickly.

    After we take the verdict the notification will likely be issued and handed directly to the DMs on clamping Phase 144 CrPC and will likely be in drive inside of a 1 km radius distance of each and every such venue to forestall amassing,” the authentic instructed PTI on Sunday.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Requested what induced the verdict, the authentic mentioned “After assessing the bottom scenario for the sake of clean and non violent electioneering procedure to allow all stakeholders to accomplish their position.”

    The state’s three-tier panchayat elections are scheduled to happen on July 8.

    The verdict used to be preceded via experiences of violence throughout two days of nomination submitting throughout which a TMC employee used to be allegedly shot at in a conflict in Coochbehar, a Congress activist used to be shot lifeless in Murshidabad, and a TMC chief used to be stuck with a firearm in Murshidabad.

    Opposition BJP, Congress and CPI(M) additionally claimed that their applicants had been averted via ruling birthday party activists from filing papers in Murshidabad, Paschim Bardhaman and South 24 Parganas district.

    “Motion has been taken at the foundation of receiving experiences of each and every incident and the nomination procedure went on easily around the state since Thursday together with the arrest of a political chief for transferring round with a firearm in Murshidabad. The SEC will act strictly and promptly in each and every scenario,” he added.

    The authentic mentioned over 10,000 nomination papers had been filed for three-tier elections at the first two days around the state with the bulk numbers filed via opposition events.

    A Congress activist used to be shot lifeless on Friday, the primary day of nomination submitting, in Murshidabad district allegedly via TMC activists, a rate denied via the ruling birthday party.

    On the second one day, incidents of violence and scuffle between staff of the ruling and opposition events had been reported in Bankura, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts.

    Opposition BJP demanded rapid deployment of central forces to habits the panchayat polls whilst the TMC asserted that the opposition is looking for excuses fearing defeat.

    TMC Rajya Sabha MP and birthday party spokesperson Shantanu Sen mentioned the opposition had confronted serious drubbing within the 2021 meeting polls and a number of other assemblies and one Lok Sabha by-elections, all of which have been performed within the presence of central forces.

    “Other people of Bengal are solidly at the back of the TMC and no longer with the BJP, Congress or the CPI(M). The opposition would possibly call for deployment of peacekeeping drive from the United Countries in panchayat polls if they would like,” Sen mentioned.

    The panchayat polls will likely be held within the state on July 8. The 2018 rural ballot procedure used to be marred via violence and alleged malpractices in numerous districts.