Key Points
As many as 11 people were killed in election-related violence in West Bengal since midnight as voting was underway for the three-tier panchayat polls in the state on Saturday..
Sharing a video, BJP IT-cell head Amit Malviya claimed that TMC goons openly brandish gun and threaten an independent candidate in Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas. . 9 people have died since morning and no one knows how many more will die through the day..
BJP polling agent Madhab Biswas was killed in Falimari gram panchayat in Coochbehar district, they said.. Governor CV Ananda Bose visited different areas in North 24 Parganas district, and met people injured in the violence...
The BJP alleged that when Biswas tried to enter the polling booth in the morning he was stopped by TMC supporters, and as the situation escalated, they killed him..
The TMC alleged that one of its workers was killed outside a polling booth in the district's Katawa area by CPI(M) supporters..
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