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A polling booth at Baravita Primary School in Sitai, Cooch Behar has been allegedly vandalised and ballot papers set on fire after voting began for the single-phase panchayat polls in West Bengal on Saturday.A viral video shows broken chairs and tables strewn inside a smoke-filled room.Polling for panchayats in West Bengal began this morning under stringent security cover...
Voters standing in a queue outside a polling booth in Murshidabad to cast their vote for West Bengal panchayat elections...
After hectic campaigning and a nomination filing process scarred by violence, polling for panchayats in West Bengal began on Saturday morning under stringent security cover.While there were reports of violence in the state around the filing of nominations, similar incidents took place thereafter as well.In the latest flashpoint, just hours ahead of the panchayat polls, a house was vandalised in Murshidabad as the workers of the Trinamool Congress and Congress came to blows on Friday night.. WB Panchayat Polls 2023 Live: Voting for 2023 West Bengal panchayat elections begins..
The pre-poll status in the panchayats of the state saw massive violent episodes and the deaths of some.The polls are likely to see a fierce tussle for control of local administrations between the ruling Trinamool Congress, Indian Secular Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party and will be a litmus test for both parties ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections...
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