bengal panchayat elections

Bengal panchayat polls | BJP fact-finding team to visit violence-hit areas

by
Bengal panchayat polls | BJP fact-finding team to visit violence-hit areas

The four-member team led by former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it plans to visit north and south Bengal districts. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A BJP fact-finding team, which arrived in West Bengal on July 12, said it will visit areas hit by poll violence and speak to victims to assess … Read more

A Bengal village whose walls are free of political slogans

by
A Bengal village whose walls are free of political slogans

Paintings on the walls of a house in Lalbazar village, West Bengal. File | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Election time is when the phrase ‘writing on the wall’ also assumes a literal meaning in West Bengal, with artists and wordsmiths joining hands to paint catchy slogans. But there is one village in the State where, … Read more