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# % 5 4 2 .60 1. .606 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( $&'( $)*+, '!.!'./ &'()"*+ ,'(*- 4 !. A) 7 / '% -/ 8' 9 )7 & 4 & )&% / /7 / 4)/ 7 -/ 77%% (/ 7 ' / 7 ' / / ) @ /& 9 A@ : 7 !"#;< $$% =#> : % 1 2 00 - *-./*01 *2 R !"#$% &# $ '( ') * $+ $ each other of causing disrup- State of West Bengal during the hereby directs that no person tion and violence during polit- ongoing Lok Sabha elections. shall convene, hold, attend, he Election Commission ical campaigns in the ongoing As per the EC order, the join or address any public Ton Wednesday took an Lok Sabha polls. prohibition will come into meeting or propagate any elec- unprecedented decision to end A TMC delegation com- effect from 10 pm on May 16 tion matter,” the order read. campaigning in nine parlia- prising Derek O’Brien, and will continue till the con- Earlier, intensifying its mentary constituencies in West Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Manish clusion of voting. The nine attack on the BJP over the des- Bengal on Thursday night (10 Gupta, Nadimul Haque met the affected constituencies include ecration of Vidyasagar’s bust, pm) a day before its scheduled EC accusing the BJP of dese- Dumdum, Barasat, Basirghat, O’Brien said, “The video not deadline for the last phase of cration of statute of social Jaynagar, Mathurapur, only clearly establishes what the the election on May 19, in the reformer Ishwar Chandra Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, BJP did, but proves that its chief wake of violence between the Vidyasagar during the violence Kolkata Dakshin and Kolkata Amit Shah is a liar and dhoke- BJP and Trinamool Congress in Kolkata. TMC leaders also Uttar. “During last 24 hours, baaz (betrayer)”. (TMC) workers in Kolkata. released videos to claim “BJP representatives of various polit- “The streets of Kolkata are Workers of the BJP and the goons” damaged the statue and ical parties have met the tinged with shock and anger. TMC on Tuesday fought submitted “proof” in support of Commission and expressed What happened yesterday pitched battles on the streets of their claim to the poll body. their concerns on the prevail- (Tuesday) hurt Bengali pride,” Kolkata during a massive road- Earlier, a BJP delegation ing conditions of law and the TMC leader said show by BJP chief Amit Shah. urged the EC to bar West orders. These campaign relat- The reaction from the In a separate order, the EC Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ed incidents are creating an TMC came close on the heels also shunted out top bureau- Banerjee from campaigning in atmosphere of fear and hatred of Shah accusing TMC of crats ADG (CID) Rajeev the State and alleged “consti- in the polling areas which is indulging in violence in the Kumar and State Principal tutional machinery” has col- affecting the overall electoral State and alleged that the poll Secretary (Home) Atteya lapsed there. environment,” the EC said in panel has been a “mute Bhattacharya with immediate In its order, the EC said it the order. spectator”. effect. Kumar has been direct- has been brought to the notice “Therefore the EC in exer- Continued on Page 4 P # $ % ed to report to the Ministry of of the EC that there have been cise of its powers under Article Home Affairs. growing incidents of disruption 324 of the Constitution to Both the TMC and the BJP and violence during political ensure free, fair and peaceful approached the EC accusing campaigns/processions in the elections in the larger interest, Q R "#$ $+ R$ -/4/ Addressing a huge election neer of the Bengal renaissance Telangana, Odisha and Bihar. rally at Agarpara under Dum had fought for women’s edu- In UP which used to be their day after BJP workers tak- Dum parliamentary con- cation, widow remarriage, get- mainstay, they will not get Aing part in Amit Shah’s stituency, the TMC chief said, ting the British to enact laws on more than 17 seats. So their roadshow allegedly stoned “Yesterday’s attack was a well- the subjects. chances of returning to power Calcutta University and ran- planned criminal conspiracy Soon after the Agarapara are almost nil.” sacked the Vidyasagar College hatched by the BJP,” reminding rally, the Chief Minister walked Accusing Prime Minister Q vandalising his statue, West the people would see a “saffron a 6-km mega roadshow with Narendra Modi of peddling Bengal Chief Minister and holocaust” if they brought the several thousand supporters lies, Mamata said, “I have seen TMC chief Mamata Banerjee BJP to power again. chanting anti-Modi slogans many Prime Ministers but I held a mega roadshow and Referring to a video and sporting masks of Bengali have never seen a liar PM like launched a vitriolic attack on footage of a local BJP leader — cultural icons like Vidyasagar, this man who talks big but R the “saffron gang”. in which he is shown directing Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji reneges on his promises.” Mamata accused the BJP of his people to attack the TMC Subhas Chandra Bose, Kazi On the NRC, she said, planning Tuesday’s skirmish and police — going viral, she Najrul Islam and others. “He is talking about invoking R that apart from “destroying said, “I am sure that the entire On the BJP’s chances of NRC in Bengal but I dare him the State’s rich politico-cultur- BJP leadership, including its coming back to power, Mamata do so. Touch the Bengalis and al heritage” left many people president and those below him, said, “They are spending cash then see what happens. You injured. was involved in the criminal like anything to win the elec- have already thrown 20 lakh day after the City of Joy In a smart political move, conspiracy to malign and ter- tions but one is sure they will Hindu Bengalis and 22 lakh Asaw alleged BJP supporters Mamata on Wednesday raised rorise Bengal. But I am also not return to power because Muslim Bengalis apart from vandalising Ishwar Chandra the issue of “Bengali pride” and sure that the people of the State they will get zero seats in many Biharis and UP wallas Vidyasagar’s Statue inside a attacked the BJP leaders for will never tolerate this.” emancipation in India should Tamil Nadu, Kerala Andhra out of the citizenship list. I am North Kolkata college, Prime insulting the State’s pioneer It was an “irony that a tall have been insulted like this on Pradesh, some parts of told that this is one reason that Minister Narendra Modi and renaissance personalities like icon like Vidyasagar, who was his 200th anniversary,” she Maharashtra. They will fare your party will not do well even BJP chief Amit Shah on Vidyasagar. responsible for the women’s said, reminding how the pio- poorly in Gujarat, MP, in Assam.” Wednesday insisted that the whole episode was a handiwork of TMC goons, who committed the sin and were now framing - . the BJP workers. In an attempt to turn the responsibility of the Tuesday’s to meet DMK chief M da, be it BJD, TRS or any bedlam on the TMC chief, the Karunanidhi once the results other as they would never like Prime Minister, who was ith the possibility of a suggested that Atal Bihari to be part of the arrogant BJP- ! speaking at an election rally at Wfractured mandate loom- Vajpayee could not form the led Modi Government. Some of ## Taki in Basirhat, said, “Mamata & ing large, UPA chairperson Government in 2004. them already in NDA and feel- Didi had declared publicly two & '( ) *+ Sonia Gandhi has started call- “While she reached to ing suffocated for long may % & days ago that she will take % ing up Opposition leaders Harkishen Singh Surjit in a switch over sides post May 23 '() *%&'()+, revenge. She fulfilled her agen- requesting their “availability” hospital, she rushed to DMK afternoon,” said a top Congress -. / da within 24 hours, BJP presi- Saying that by jailing the and nervousness, Modi said, and “accessibility” in Delhi even after having long-time dif- leader. 0 dent Amit Shah’s roadshow daughters “you are only pro- “This anger will fetch us more post the last phase of Lok ferences with them,” said a Sonia due to ill health had was attacked.” voking them to rise up in and more seats, perhaps we will Sabha polls on May 19. senior leader. not been quite active in this Referring to how a woman revolt against you”, he said, “I cross 300 seats this time round.” AICC sources confirmed The entire exercise is being Lok Sabha polls leaving the was jailed in Bengal for sharing am sure they will rise up and In Delhi, accusing the former Congress chief who done to get the first invite entire campaign on her chil- % a meme on Mamata, Modi throw you out of power.” Trinamool Congress of inciting had taken the lead in the for- from President Ram Nath dren — party chief Rahul 1 said, “Didi, you get so much The people had voted Didi violence during his roadshow mation of UPA in 2004 has Kovind to form theGandhi and general secretary 2 22 angry for a mere picture! But I to power with love but she is in Kolkata on Wednesday, BJP been active from the confines Government. Sources said the Priyanka Gandhi. 2 ' / call you upon to make an misusing that power and treat- president Amit Shah alleged of her 10 Janpath to bring all Congress has taken the initia- Soon after the third phase , 22 obscene picture of me and ing the people as her servants. that the Election Commission UPA allies, even regional tive in calling for this meeting of polls, select group of .. 2 present it at my residence in They will surely punish you for was biased and silent spectators heavyweights and neutral play- ing to power at the Centre.

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