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Hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Assembly elections in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress alleged that one of its workers had been murdered by members of the Hindutva party. The TMC claimed that the worker was “hacked to death” in Nanoor in Birbhum district.
Several offices of the TMC were attacked and vandalised on Tuesday. However, the BJP claimed that the vandalism was a result of internal rifts within the TMC.
An unidentified Election Commission said that action would be taken against those involved in violence, adding that reports had been sought from the police. Read more.
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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said that she would not resign as the West Bengal Chief Minister. Banerjee claimed that the TMC had “morally won” the Assembly elections even though the BJP had officially secured a victory.
“Why should I resign?” the TMC chief asked at a press conference. “I would have done that if I lost. If they think they can forcibly take power and get me to resign, they are wrong.”
She also claimed that BJP members “tried to capture the TMC headquarters” on Monday and threw stones at the office of the party’s National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Read on.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked members of his party and others to avoid “gloating” about the defeat of the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly elections. “Put petty politics aside,” said the Opposition leader. “This is not about one party or another. This is about [India].”
In a social media post, Gandhi added: “The theft of Assam and Bengal’s mandate is a big step forward by the [Bharatiya Janata Party] in its mission to destroy Indian democracy.” Read on.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi and urged her to terminate the membership of six of the seven Aam Aadmi Party MPs in the Rajya Sabha who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mann said that the six MPs had been “selected” by AAP MLAs in Punjab and not elected by the public.
Except for Swati Maliwal, all the MPs who switched sides on April 26 had been elected from Punjab, where the AAP is in power.
Hours before Mann’s meeting, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, among those from the AAP who joined the BJP, also met the president and accused the Punjab government of indulging in “vendetta politics” and misusing state machinery to target MPs who had joined the BJP. Read more.
The Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra government to modify a lookout circular against British doctor Sangram Patil so that he can return to his home country. Patil, who is also a content creator, has been booked for purportedly “objectionable” posts on social media about Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.
On January 10, Patil was detained at the Mumbai airport after his arrival from London for the allegedly derogatory online posts. Read more.
The Delhi High Court said that it would appoint three senior lawyers as amici curiae to represent Aam Aam Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak in the matter challenging their discharge in the liquor policy case. The former chief minister, Sisodia and Pathak had decided last week to boycott the proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.
Sharma said that the amici curiae will be appointed on the next date of hearing on Friday. Read more.
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