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A BJP leader was attacked by several men in West Bengal's Bankura district on Friday upon his arrival at the District Magistrate's office to file a complaint over violence on panchayat polls.
Vivekananda Patra, party state general secretaries Raju Banerjee and Sanjay Singh were about to enter the Sub Divisional Office (SDO) of the district to demand a violence-free election, a group of miscreants — allegedly TMC cadres — attacked their vehicle. The offenders dragged Patra out of the car and beat him up. Banerjee and Singh too were attacked.
The attackers woke helmets and scarves to cover their faces and broke the car's rear window before beating the leader.
#WATCH Bankura: BJP State Secretary Shyamapada Mondal attacked, allegedly by TMC workers. #WestBengal pic.twitter.com/RSgwJbHYCp
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2018
Continuous incidents of violence happened across West Bengal on Friday — the fifth day of submitting nominations for panchayat elections for 60,000 panchayat seats for which voting will be held on 1, 3 and 5 May.
Opposition parties claim the Trinamool is not allowing their candidates to file nominations. The Trinamool says the opposition have filed as many nominations as them.
On Saturday, violence had been reported so far from Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri and North Dinajpur districts.
WATCH Unidentified persons hurled crude bombs at BJP workers in Murshidabad's Jangirpur as they were going to file nomination for Panchayat polls, earlier today. #WestBengal pic.twitter.com/zY17KdzUSd
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2018