Bengal Governor To Submit Report On Panchayat Poll Violence To Amit Shah

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose is likely to submit a report on the violence that took place during the panchayat elections in the state to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday.

The panchayat elections on Saturday resulted in uncontrolled violence, claiming the lives of at least 15 people and raising the total number of political deaths in the past 31 days to 33.

On polling day had visited various, Governor Bose places, mostly in North 24 Parganas district and took stock of the situation on Saturday during the Voting.

The West Bengal State Election Commission announced that repolling will be held on Monday in all booths where voting for the rural elections has been declared void.

Among districts where repolling was announced, Murshidabad has the highest number of booths at 175, followed by Malda with 112.

Violence-hit Nadia will see repolling in 89 booths, while North and South 24 Parganas districts will witness repolling in 46 and 36 booths respectively.

Meanwhile, parties cutting across ideological lines have condemned the killing of 15 people in various districts as voting for the panchayat elections is underway, while the opposition BJP called for President's Rule in the state.

The ruling Trinamool Congress, which lost six of its supporters to poll violence, accused the opposition of instigating violence and criticised the central forces for their failure to protect the voters.

State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury, on the other hand, alleged that TMC goons are having a free run and people's mandate has been looted.