WB panchayat poll: Violence in various parts of the state over nomination filing

Violence rocked parts of West Bengal over the filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat poll as activists of the ruling TMC and opposition parties clashed prompting the police to use force to disperse the mobThe violence over filing of nominations continued unabated for the fifth consecutive day in parts of South 24 Parganas and Bankura districtsSupporters of Indian Secular Front ISF and TMC clashed in Bhangore area of South 24 Parganas nearly 30 km from Kolkata A huge police contingent was rushed to the spot which resorted to baton charge to control the situationBombs were hurled and several cars were ransacked as supporters of the two parties tried to stop each other from filing nominationsSeveral activists belonging to the two parties were injured the police saidSimilar scenes were witnessed in Canning area of the district as miscreants alleged to be members of dissident groups of the TMC tried to stop the filing of nominations of the partys official candidatesThe miscreants hurled bombs and threw stones against the Rapid Action Force RAF personnel and police had to burst tear gas shells to quell the situation the police saidOfficials said that in the Indas area of Bankura BJP activists clashed with the TMC supporters outside the nomination filing centerSupporters of both groups came to blows and pelted stones at each other even as police tried to control the situation in the area which is about 135 km from the citySince the beginning of nomination filing on June 9 violence has marred the nomination filing process in various parts of the state with the opposition BJP Congress and CPI M accusing the TMC of using muscle power to stop candidates of opposition parties from filing nominationsThe TMC goons unleashed violence since last night to stop our candidates from filing nominations ISF leader and Bhangore MLA Naushad Siddique saidTMC state spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dismissed the allegations and dubbed them as baseless The ISF is trying to unleash violence in the areaThe ruling party also asked the opposition parties to release its entire candidates list and said that if needed it will help them to file their nominationsThe states threetier panchayat election encompassing a significant electorate of approximately 567 crores will exercise their franchise to choose representatives for nearly 74000 seats in zilla parishads panchayat samiti and gram panchayatsThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the requisition and deployment of central forces for the rural poll but refused to consider the plea for extending the time for filing of nominations and left it to the discretion of the State Election CommissionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever