West Bengal and political violence are inextricably linked, as violence has been current all through all phases of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 within the state. The political panorama of the state has been tainted by the blood of occasion workers killed within the bloody battle. The state’s political setting has been referred to as into query owing to frequent clashes.
A girl BJP employee from the Scheduled Caste neighborhood was killed in Nandigram, West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, simply two days earlier than the sixth section of parliamentary elections, prompting large-scale protests by saffron occasion activists on Thursday. Seven different BJP staff had been critically injured within the assault.
In as we speak’s DNA, Zee News’ Saurabh Raaj Jain analysed the growing incidents of political violence in West Bengal and a particular floor report on environment in Nandigarh after homicide of a BJP employee.
DNA : बंगाल में ‘रक्तरंजित’ सियासी ‘शोले’. जहां TMC की नहीं चलती..वहां हिंसा? #DNA #DNAWithSourabh #Nandigram #WestBengal #TMC #BJP #Elections2024 @saurabhraajjain pic.twitter.com/fTKNScm0L9
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Nandigram was beforehand a TMC stronghold. The area is a part of the Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency and is taken into account the yard of Bengal’s opposition chief, Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari continued to win as a TMC chief from right here, finally defeating Mamata Banerjee in 2021 after becoming a member of the BJP.
As a part of the protest, BJP staff burned tyres, blocked roads, and shut down outlets in Nandigram, claiming that TMC-backed criminals had been liable for the loss of life of Rathibala Arhi, a saffron occasion employee in Sonachura village. According to police, Rathibala’s son Sanjay and 7 others had been injured after being attacked by unidentified assailants on Wednesday night time.
DNA : राजनीति का ‘बदलापुर’..पश्चिम बंगाल !
बीजेपी के गढ़ में खून खराबा, आगजनी! किसके गुस्से का शिकार बना नंदीग्राम? #DNA #DNAWithSourabh #Nandigram #WestBengal #TMC #BJP #Elections2024 @saurabhraajjain pic.twitter.com/5Vj8cKxcze
— Zee News (@ZeeNews) May 23, 2024
Police, central forces, and RAF personnel stationed within the space had to make use of lathicharge to disperse the mob. Police detained an individual in reference to the alleged homicide. The BJP had referred to as a bandh in Nandigram as a part of the protest, however later cancelled it, in response to an area chief.
