PM Modi accuses TMC of playing ‘khooni khel’ in West Bengal Panchayat polls

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(Trinamool Congress has played a bloody game)" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while addressing the Kshetriya Panchayati Raj Parishad in West Bengal via videoconferencing. The Prime Minister was referring to the gory violence that ensued the recently held Panchayat Polls in West Bengal. PM Modi hit out the chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and said Trinamool Congress had "played with blood." Further, the prime minister accused the party of threatening voters and “making their life hell." "They do anything required to ensure that no BJP candidate can file nomination...they not only threaten BJP workers but also the voters.

Contracts are given out to capture booths...This is their way of doing politics in the state," the prime minister said. He further alleged that TMC gave contracts to goons and asked them to capture the booth on the vote-counting day. "The party had given a contract to goons and asked them to capture booths on the vote counting day.

During the counting of the votes, the TMC forced BJP members out of office and did not let them even watch. When BJP won despite all this, they took out rallies against our members," the prime minister said. Panchayat elections in West Bengal took place on July 8 and counting of the votes for 63,229 -Gram Panchayat seats took place on July 11.

TMC has won in 28,985 and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 7,764 seats while Congress has secured 2,022 seats so far. TMC was leading on 1,540 panchayat seats while BJP was leading on 417, according to the State Election Commission (SEC). Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has won 2,409 seats and is leading in 260 seats.