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  • CPM submits deputation to Bengal poll panel alleging violence, electoral malpractices in civic polls

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The Left Front on Monday held a protest meeting in front of the State Election Commission here alleging violence and electoral malpractices against the ruling Trinamool Congress and submitted a deputation to the commissioner.

    Left Front chairman Biman Bose claimed that the attempts were being made by the ruling party to destroy the democratic fabric in the state.

    “People have to raise their voice against the attempts of Trinamool Congress to murder democracy,” Bose told reporters before submission of the deputation to the state election commissioner.

    He said that protests were held throughout the state against acts of violence and electoral malpractices during Sunday’s elections to 107 municipalities.

    CPI(M) state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra, who was part of the delegation which gave the deputation to the commissioner, claimed that no action was taken against most of those who were seen to be involved in false voting and acts of intimidation.

  • ‘Trinamool candidate ran over three CPI(M) supporters with vehicle’: Biman Bose

    By PTI
    KOLKATA: Left Front chairman Biman Bose Thursday accused Trinamool Congress candidate from Domkal in Murshidabad district of having run over three CPI(M) supporters with his vehicle, leading to the death of one of them.

    Two others suffered serious injuries, he claimed.

    The TMC has denied the charge.

    Bose alleged TMC candidate Jafikul Islam went to the Uttar Shahbazpur area around midnight with five vehicles.

    “Islam’s vehicle ran over some people as he left the area,” the veteran leader said in a statement, adding, it was a “deliberate” act.

    Kader Mondal succumbed to injuries, while Wasim, Al Mamun and Lalchand Mondal are undergoing treatment at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, Bose said.

    Demanding immediate legal action against the accused, he said, “We are also drawing the attention of the Election Commission over the incident.”

    Elections to the Domkal constituency were held on Thursday in the eighth and final phase of the West Bengal assembly polls.

  • West Bengal polls: Left releases names for 39 seats, Congress & ISF yet to finalise

    By Express News Service
    KOLKATA: The Left Front, one of the allies of the grand alliance in West Bengal, announced its list of candidates for 39 Assembly seats on Friday. While Congress was given 12 seats and the newly-formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) five,  the alliance partners could not come to a unanimous decision in four seats.

    “We will contest in 39 Assembly seats and five of our candidates are women. We have inducted many young faces in the fray,’’ said Left Front chairman Biman Bose after releasing the list of candidates.Nandigram is one of the four seats for which candidates are still to be chosen. It is learnt that the alliance partners are yet to find a person to take on Mamata Banerjee.

    The Congress and ISF are yet to announce their candidates. The Left is hoping for a change after faring miserably in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. “Other than the young faces, many candidates are aged between 40 and 50,’’ said Bose, the veteran CPI(M) leader.

    The party’s state secretary Suryakanta Mishra will not contest this time. “We have decided to give young faces berths. In the recent past, the party’s youth wing showed impressive performances while campaigning against the Centre and the state government’s anti-people policies,’’ said the leader.