Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury: In a letter to Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury begged him to set up the next Panchayat elections, scheduled for July 8, under the control of the central army. He said that a free and fair election is a “far-reaching dream,” citing the case of a Congress worker who was fatally shot in Murshidabad, Bengal, by unidentified thugs.
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“I would like to invite your immediate attention to the fact that today one Congress worker, Phoolchand Sheikh, has been brutally assassinated and two others, including a woman named Rebika Bibi are struggling for life in hospital,” wrote Adhir Ranjan to the governor. The Congress MP added, “the rule of the jungle prevails all over, under which the thugs and miscreants of the ruling party are preying upon the Opposition workers.” Congress MP Wrote, “Under such circumstances as stated above, I have solid reason to apprehend that free and fair election to a three-tier Panchayat in the month of July, 2023 in West Bengal, would be a far-reaching dream. Therefore, I humbly solicit your good office to do the needful for conducting the said election under the direct supervision of the central forces.”
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This letter is being sent on the same day that a Congress worker was shot and killed in Murshidabad on Friday night by an unnamed group of gunmen. The event happened in Ratanpur Naldip, which is a police station in the Khargram district. Phoolchand, a migrant worker and avid Congress member, was recognised as the deceased. He had previously worked in Kerala and had returned home to his Bengali hometown ten days prior.
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