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West Bengal: Around 91 lakh voters removed after SIR, ECI to release final rolls; Murshidabad records highest deletion

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier draft and final lists had already removed over 63 lakh names from electoral rolls. Judicial scrutiny added another 27 lakh deletions. North 24 Parganas recorded second highest removals, while elections will be held on 23rd and 29th April. Results on 4th May.
Law

“Motivated, pre-planned, and deeply instigating”: SC slams Bengal bureaucracy, hands gherao of judicial officials in Malda probe to NIA 

OpIndia Staff -
"We direct NIA to take over investigation. The investigation reports shall be filed before NIA Court at Kolkata," the SC order stated.
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TMC goons vandalise BJP office in the presence of their party candidate Ratna Chatterjee, FIR lodged after video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday (5th April), goons belonging to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) vandalised the party office of the BJP in Parnasree in Behala locality...
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West Bengal: Pro-China ‘journalist’ Shahin calls for anarchy and violence in Malda, had earlier downplayed incident where Muslim waiter served beef to Hindu Brahmin

OpIndia Staff -
A quick perusal of his Facebook profile reveals that Shahin is a pro-China propagandist. He has downplayed Chinese atrocities on Tibetans and opposed the indigenous demand for the independence of Tibet.
News Reports

Is Mamata Banerjee signalling to Muslims that ‘satanic’ BJP will oust them? Here’s how Mamata is playing to Islamic sentiments in the run-up to...

OpIndia Staff -
At a rally in Samsherganj, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee labeled the BJP "satanic," warning that a TMC defeat would destroy Bengal’s cultural and linguistic identity.

‘Compromised, partisan officers’: BJP writes to West Bengal CEO seeking transfer of 3 cops, including Kolkata DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas, for urging votes for...

OpIndia Staff -
The letter stated that during the 2021 state assembly elections, DCP Biswas was transferred to Cooch Behar after voting had ended in that area.
News Reports

As mob holds judicial officers hostage in Malda’s Kaliachak, read how Muslims resorted to anti-Hindu riots in 2016 at the same place over Kamlesh...

Divya Bharti -
The 2016 Malda riots saw a massive protest against Kamlesh Tiwari’s remarks turn into widespread violence.
News Reports

‘Fact-Checker’ Alt News publishes misleading report: Claims that Election Commission portal features applicable pan India are barriers for West Bengal voter lists

Raju Das -
Alt News claimed that features like download limit and CAPTCH on ECI portal, and image only voter lists are barriers in West Bengal voter lists, while the fact is these are default feature for all the states and UTs
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Bengal Police arrests TMC leader Hafijul Molla, who threatened to run a steamroller over his opponents after the assembly election results

OpIndia Staff -
The West Bengal Police arrested Trinamool Congress leader Hafijul Molla, Pradhan of Deuli Gram Panchayat, after he openly threatened his political opponents in Jibantala,...
Crime

West Bengal: Police arrest TMC goon who threatened people from voting for the BJP in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the West Bengal election, the police have arrested a Trinamool Congress (TMC) goon named Raju Mondal, who was seen threatening people from...
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