West Bengal BJP rural poll winners flee to Assam 'due to attacks by TMC'
Mamata Banerjee slams BJP's fact-finding team for panchayat polls violence Earlier on Tuesday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that 133 people from West Bengal have taken shelter in the state. He claimed that they had feared for their lives because of the panchayat election violence back home.
“Democracy has been murdered in West Bengal and there is goonda Raj in the neighbouring state. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should take lessons from how polls are conducted in Assam.
Panchayat, assembly and parliamentary elections have been conducted under the BJP rule since 2016 and there have been no incidents of violence," Assam BJP president Bhabesh Kalita told reporters. Counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat polls began at 8 am on Tuesday at 339 venues spread across 22 districts.
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