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2021 West Bengal Assembly Elections

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Refugees in their own country: Victims of Bengal post-poll violence narrate their stories from Assam camps

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2021

Nandigram MLA and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had also asserted that over a lakh people have already fled Bengal since the post-poll violence erupted in West Bengal from May 2, 2021.

Opinions

Left-leaning Twitter and ISIS seem to have the same threads of fascism that bind them: Here is how

Nitin Rivaldo - 7 May, 2021

After the political upset for BJP, Mamata Banerjee took the reigns and a spate of unimaginable violence was unleashed on those who worked for BJP or those who had supported the party in the state.

Opinions

After their trial by fire, BJP needs to frame the narrative in Bengal without playing into Mamata’s hands

Abhishek Banerjee - 6 May, 2021

Other than the political violence against BJP in Bengal, people are not happy with their handling of COVID - can it get worse for them? Yes

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Another life lost in West Bengal violence as RSS worker Balaram Majhi lynched to death by TMC workers: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

RSS worker Balaram Majhi died after he was attacked by TMC workers at his residence in Sripur village in East Bardhaman district

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Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan’s convoy attacked in Bengal, was on his way to meet BJP workers attacked by TMC goons: Watch

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

Following TMC victory in West Bengal Assembly polls on Sunday, there have been reports of widespread violence in West Bengal.

Crime

West Bengal: Another BJP worker murdered, TMC goons ransack BJP candidate’s house in Jadavpur

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, BJP president JP Nadda said that at least 14 BJP workers have been killed during the post violence that erupted following the victory of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.

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Bengal post-poll violence: Over a lakh people have fled from Bengal, says BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2021

In recently concluded polls, TMC won 213 out of 292 seats while BJP won 77 seats. Suvendu Adhikari defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram.

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Exodus of BJP workers with families from Bengal to Assam continues due to violence by TMC, state govt and BJP provide shelter, food, essentials

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2021

All the people who have entered Assam are from Cooch Behar district in West Bengal, where BJP won 7 out of 9 assembly seats

Opinions

How the ‘Liberal’ press is whitewashing Bengal’s post-election violence

T Waraich - 5 May, 2021

Online publications like The Wire and Scroll.in seem to have more of a problem with BJP's characterization of the post-election violence, than the actual post-poll violence itself.

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