Cooch Behar  

A 12-hour bandh call given by BJP over the suspicious death of its leader Debendra Nath Roy has turned ugly, with vandalism ruling the roost

From Imphal to Junagarh and from Cooch Behar to Calicut, this just barely sums up the Prime Minister's schedule this Navratra.
 

The Trinamool workers allegedly advised the couple against exercising their (democratic) 'power' and that they won't be allowed to vote. They have also been accused to pulling at the sari of the woman.

The Lok Sabha election 2019 polling starts at Bengal like many parts of India. Bengal's Cooch Behar and Northern parts like Dooars are going to polls. There has been steady queuing up from early in the morning to cast poll. Though fear looms large in those polling booths where paramilitary is not deployed. Bengal goes to poll in each of the 7 phases in an unprecedented move by EC.

From Cooch Behar to Malda, BJP cadre are protesting some of the selections for Lok Sabha election tickets. Allegedly dubious candidates whom the party had been fighting for years have been nominated right after they left the TMC or CPI(M) and jumped on the right-wing bandwagon.

On Saturday, the district unit of TMC 'cleansed' the area where BJP protested on Friday with water laced with cow dung. Also, anti-Mukul Roy slogans were raised during the 'cleansing drive’

Union minister Babul Supriyo said the TMC approaching court over the rally only shows the party’s nervousness at the growth of BJP in Bengal.

Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh’s car was attacked by suspected Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres at Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Thursday. Significantly, the attack comes a day before BJP president Amit Shah’s much-anticipated rally in the district.