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The incident took place when BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Coochbehar Nisith Pramanik was returning from his campaign at Chowdhury Hat.

CAG noted that pendency in submitting outstanding Utilisation Certificates could risk the possibility of misappropriation of funds sanctioned by the West Bengal government.

Despite filing a complaint with the police, BJP woker Rina Thakur informed that action has not been taken against the culprits. She has accused a local TMC leader Santosh Paswan of harassing her.

"The forces should be respected as long as you get respect and they are not infringing upon your democratic rights...Khela hobe," the IPS officer turned TMC candidate cautioned.

The video was originally uploaded on the YouTube channel of 'The News Bangla' on 4th March this year.

Soon after the detention of the state president of the BJP's youth wing, the party's IT cell head Amit Malviya came down heavily on the West Bengal government over the incident.

Coincidentally, TMC Minister Anubrata Mondal had himself won ₹1 crore lottery in December 2021. CBI's probe into the matter revealed that he won ₹10 lakhs from another lottery in 2019 as well.

Social media users asked Mahua why is she not commenting on her party being the second largest beneficiary of electoral bonds at Rs 1609 crores.

Also known as the 'lottery king', Santiago Martin has close ties with several political parties including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala, Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal and the Congress party.

Shattering the hopes of Congress for an alliance in the state, Mamata Banerjee had on 10th March 2024 announced the list of all 42 TMC candidates at a rally in Kolkata’s Brigade Ground.