Violent clashes erupt during local elections in India's West Bengal, leaving seven dead and numerous others injured in the region known for its history of political violence
State election officials received more than 1,300 complaints of vote-rigging, interference at polling booths and "sporadic incidents of violence" during a fierce contest to elect municipal leaders in India.Voters are currently casting their ballots in a fierce contest to elect municipal leaders / Photo: AFP
"Seven people have been killed and dozens wounded in poll-related violence in different villages across the state," Jawed Shamim, a senior officer in West Bengal's police force, told AFP news agency on Saturday. The other two were affiliated with India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and West Bengal's Communist Party of India.
The BJP has in recent years worked hard to gain a toehold in West Bengal — ruled by a communist party for much of its history — to expand its reach beyond its Hindi-speaking northern heartlands.Other voting booths saw a heavy security presence with paramilitary troops standing guard to keep order / Source: AFPWest Bengal has been ruled by Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee since 2011, when her party defeated the Communist-led administration that had ruled the state for the prior three decades.
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