West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Friday visited State’s Cooch Behar district which had witnessed violence during the ensuing panchayat polls. The Governor, who is touring the districts of north Bengal, has stated that he would visit violence-affected areas to have a first-hand experience of the situation.
Clashes between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) had erupted in Cooch Behar and two persons had died in the violence. Prior to this, the Governor had visited violence-affected Bhangar and Canning in South 24 Parganas district and interacted with the locals.
Meanwhile, senior officials of the West Bengal Police met State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha to discuss the security preparations for the polling day. Later in the day, Mr. Sinha told journalists that Central forces had started arriving in the State and the West Bengal Police had promised deployment of 65,000 forces.
