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West Bengal post poll violence: Big blow to Mamata Banerjee; Calcutta High Court orders court-monitored CBI probe

This comes after a number of petitioners had moved the high court alleging widespread post-poll violence in West Bengal after TMC returned to power on May 2, 2021.

New Delhi: Calcutta High Court pronounced Judgment in cases concerning Post Poll violence unleashed in the state, allegedly at the behest of TMC workers.

Calcutta High Court orderd a court-monitored CBI probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal.

The status report of the CBI and the SIT to be submitted before the Court within 6 weeks.

Also, SIT probe will be monitored by the court.

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This comes after a number of petitioners had moved the high court alleging widespread post-poll violence in West Bengal after TMC returned to power on May 2, 2021.

BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya welcomed the Calcutta High Court order. He said that violence in West Bengal took place under the protection of the state government. The order by the Calcutta High Court has exposed the government.

Kailash Vijayvargiya

Welcoming Court’s order, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that there is no place for violence in democracy.

He said,  everyone has the right to spread their ideology but no one’s allowed to spread violence in democracy.

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