Malda violence News
In a severe post poll violence in West Bengal's Malda, at least four Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers were killed and three others were hospitalised.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that certain political parties were trying to portray the violence in Malda district as communal and termed the incident as a "criminal" one.
Launching a stringent attack on West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said no one, including police, was safe in the state and asserted that the Centre would provide any number of central forces requisitioned by the Election Commission in the upcoming assembly polls.
Right wing outfits, including VHP and Bajrang Dal, today protested outside the Banga Bhawan here against the violence in Malda.
A senior RSS leader said on Friday India should develop southeast Asia sea zone as a "friendly zone" keeping in view possible threat perception and demanded a change in names of some Andaman and Nicobar islands, which are named after "atrocious" British officers.
The Bajrang Dal activists on Friday staged protest outside Banga Bhawan here in view of the recent violence that rocked Malda disrict in West Bengal.
Apparently not willing to antagonize West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Centre will not send any official team to West Bengal, as demanded by BJP, as of now to probe the violence in Malda.
Days after after a team of BJP MPs was denied permission to visit violence-hit Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda district, senior party leader and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari was on Wednesday denied permission to hold a rally in the area on January 18.
Opposition parties have alleged that the Malda violence was a result of communal tension in the district.
Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali performed in Kolkata on Tuesday.
With the BJP attacking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over Malda violence accusing her of playing communal politics, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday came in support of Trinamool Congress chief.
The memorandum also blames a Muslim organisation for illegally assembling a crowd of over 2 lakh people and targeting local police and administration facilities.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the state government's move to block entry to party's fact-finding team in violence-hit violence-hit Kaliachak in Malda district.
Hours after being detained at railway station, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs SS Ahluwalia, BD Ram and Bhupender Yadav , who part of the party's three-member fact finding team for the Malda riots, are now going to Kolkata after being stopped from entering Kaliachak in the district on Friday.
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