Bengal Politics
Home Ministry asks Bengal government for report on post-election violence
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Home Ministry on Monday asked the West Bengal government for a report on the post-assembly election violence in the state.
The BJP has claimed its six workers across the state have been murdered in the last 24 hours after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won a thumping victory in the polls on Sunday.
The saffron party has alleged its female election agents in Birbhum have been gangraped and molested.
The BJP's office in Nandigram was ransacked allegedly by the TMC men, the saffron party has claimed.
While the BJP leaders have slammed the ruling party, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, who is set to become the Chief Minister for the third term, has appealed to her workers to maintain calm.
"Some win and some lose in elections. I would appeal to my party workers to maintain calm and not get involved in any kind of violence. If they have any grievance, they should file complaint with police," she said on Monday.
In a highly intense fight with the BJP, the TMC has won 213 of 292 seats (two more seats due to be polled), decimating the saffron unit which has won just 77.
The Left and Congress have drawn a blank while their alliance partner Indian Secular Front (ISF) has managed to win one seat from South 24 Parganas.
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