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  • Bengal civic polls: Mamata Banerjee thank you other people for large TMC victory; urges winners to paintings with humility

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday thanked the folks of West Bengal for giving an enormous mandate to the ruling Trinamool Congress within the civic elections, and referred to as upon profitable applicants and supporters to paintings with humility.

    TMC scored a landslide victory, profitable 93 of the 107 municipalities that went to polls on February 27.

    “Center-felt gratitude to Ma-Mati-Manush for in accordance but some other overwhelming mandate to us. Congratulations to the profitable applicants of All India Trinamool Congress within the Municipal Elections,” she tweeted.

    “Let victory reinforce our accountability and determination. Let triumph impart humility. Allow us to in combination paintings for peace, prosperity and construction of the state. Jai Bangla,” she mentioned in some other Twitter submit.

  • Civic ballot violence must had been have shyed away from, sends out incorrect message: Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: In a humiliation for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) management, the birthday party’s Lok Sabha MP Sougata Roy on Tuesday criticised the standard violence throughout the civic ballot in West Bengal and stated it must had been have shyed away from because it sends out a incorrect message a few of the other people.

    On Sunday circumstances of violence and malpractices marred the election to 107 municipalities throughout West Bengal. “The incidents of violence must had been have shyed away from because it sends out a incorrect message a few of the plenty. What is occurring isn’t excellent. If such incidents stay going down, other people will lose religion in us,” Roy instructed a TV information channel.

    He had stirred a hornet’s nest forward of the Kolkata Municipal Company ballot remaining 12 months via pronouncing that the birthday party is not going to settle for using violence throughout it as TMC needed to pay a heavy value as a result of it throughout the 2018 panchayat ballot.

    Requested what he idea was once the principle reason why at the back of the violence throughout the civic ballot, Roy stated, “We (TMC) will win in response to the paintings performed via us, there was once little need for resorting to violence …Possibly the lust for energy or another reason why, I have no idea.I’m really not conscious whether or not the birthday party’s messages for 0 tolerance to violence percolated to the grassroots stage.”

    When contacted via PTI, Roy stated he was once no longer conscious about any message of 0 tolerance to violence throughout the civic ballot this time via the birthday party’s best brass.

    Roy, who was once lately dropped from the birthday party’s nationwide operating committee, had supported the speculation of “one individual, one put up” within the birthday party espoused via the next-gen leaders with reference to TMC nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

    Well-liked violence, rigging and clashes with the police had been reported from more than a few portions of Bengal from the north to the south in one of the crucial intensive electoral workouts within the state because the meeting polls remaining 12 months.

    Opposition BJP had dubbed the ballot procedure as a “mockery of democracy” and referred to as a 12-hour shutdown on Monday to protest the violence. The TMC dubbed the allegations as baseless and stated opposition events are looking for excuses sensing defeat.

    The votes will likely be counted on March 2.

  • West Bengal civic polls: SC refuses to entertain BJP’s plea of in the hunt for deployment of central forces

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Splendid Courtroom on Friday refused to entertain a plea of BJP leaders towards the Calcutta Top Courtroom directing the State Election Commissioner to inspect the bottom scenario in each and every of the 108 West Bengal municipalities going to polls on February 27, and take a choice on deployment of central paramilitary forces.

    A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant instructed senior suggest PS Patwalia, showing for BJP leaders Mousumi Roy and Pratap Banerjee, “Sorry. We don’t seem to be susceptible to entertain this petition.”

    Patwalia mentioned that vast scale violence and irregularities have been reported throughout earlier stages of municipal elections and deployment of central forces will assist in making sure unfastened and truthful elections. He mentioned the prime courtroom had erred in asking the State Election Commissioner to inspect the bottom scenario and take a decision on deployment of central forces.