News from India: April 2006 Archives

People standing in the queue to cast their votes during the third phase of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election on 27th April 2006 (please click on the image for its full size view)

National News Service, Kolkata, 27 April 2006: The third phase of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election was held today the 27th April 2006. The main proponents of the CPI(M) vote manipulation such as Rabin Deb, Subhas Chakraborty, Rajdeo Goala, Kanti Ganguly, Manab Mukherjee etc. were in the fray today.

Statesman News Service, MIDNAPORE, April 15. - As the hour for polling draws close, the CPI-M's acts of intimidation seem to be intensifying. It appears the Marxist cadres did not even spare an Opposition woman candidate.

Yesterday, Mrs Aparna Dutta, the Amra Bangali candidate from Assembly constituency No. 223 of Midnapore, was attacked by about 100 CPI-M hoodlums at Goaldanga in Midnapore Sadar block. She had gone to the place to campaign.