JP Nadda to visit Bengal post poll violence, to meet kin of slain BJP workers

The Madras HC had said that EC 'should be put up on murder charges' for being the' most irresponsible institution'.

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New Delhi: The third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination, which aims to cover people above the age of 18 years, has begun in Delhi. Around 90 lakh people in this category are eligible for the jabs and five vaccination booths each have been set up at 77 schools for the inoculation exercise. At present, coronavirus vaccine jabs are being given to those aged above 45 at around 500 centres in the national capital.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visited London to participate in the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting. 

Earlier today, the Election Commission told Supreme Court that it has been castigated (Madras HC) without any opportunity to it or seeking any reply from officers responsible under Disaster Management Act. Hearing on EC's plea, the apex court said that media cannot be stopped from reporting oral observations made by judges during the course of hearings and oral observations are also of public interest.

Meanwhile, leaders of 13 opposition parties including the Congress, the Left and the Trinamool Congress have come together and called upon the central government to ensure the supply of uninterrupted oxygen flow to all the hospitals. They have also requested the Centre to launch a free mass vaccination drive across the country in view of the unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases.

03 May 2021

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda to embark on a two-day visit to West Bengal on May 4. He will also meet violence-affected workers.

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Four TMC workers killed in two separate incidents in post poll violence in Bengal’s Burdwan district. TMC claims they were killed by BJP workers.
The first incident took place in Jamalpur and the second incident took place in Raina. The deceased have been identified as Kakali Kshetrapal (48), Shahjahan Shah (38), Bibhas Bagh (30) and Ganesh Mallick (55) who was killed in Raina. Massive police force, RAF deployed in area.