A day after a Congress worker was killed in West Bengal, incidents of violence and allegations of intimidation continued on Saturday, the second day of filing of nomination papers for the panchayat polls in the State.
Congress worker Fulchand Sheikh was killed at Khargram in Murshidabad district on Friday. Family members of the deceased said that he was targeted for his political affiliations and that supporters of the Trinamool Congress were behind the attack. Three other members of the family were injured in the attack.
State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose, alleging that “rule of the jungle prevails in the State and miscreants of the ruling party were preying upon the Opposition workers”. The Congress leader sought the intervention of the Governor in conducting the panchayat election under the direct supervision of Central forces. Meanwhile, reports of violence during filing of nomination papers surfaced from various parts of the State in the districts of Birbhum, Bankura, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, and Murshidabad.
