Panchayat polls: TMC, BJP trade charges over violence in WB

The Trinamool Congress today accused the BJP of giving false information about violence during the filing of nominations for next month's rural polls in West Bengal to foment trouble, while the saffron party alleged that the former was trying to "gag democracy" in the state.

Union minister and BJP MP from Asansol Babul Supriyo alleged that the nomination process for the panchayat polls in the state started on April 2 and hundreds of BJP workers have been attacked by the TMC since then.

He said that his party would sit on 'dharna' in Parliament tomorrow.

However, TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee, who led a 10-member party delegation to the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata to meet Governor K N Tripathi, said, "Give accurate information. Tell us how a TMC worker got injured in Bankura by the BJP and now he is battling death."
After the meeting with Tripathi, he said, "We told the governor that these parties (opposition) were giving him false information and resorting to falsehood by suppressing facts."
Trinamool secretary general and state education minister said in Kolkata, "They (BJP) should explain how they have filed papers in about 51 per cent seats already."