BJP President JP Nadda. , Photo Credit: PTI
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on 10 July constituted a four-member fact-finding committee headed by former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to investigate the matter. Incidents of violence during Panchayat elections in West Bengal,
While Mr Prasad is the convenor of the committee, the other members include former Mumbai police commissioner and Baghpat MP Satyapal Singh, Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy and Dhaurahara MP and party vice-president Rekha Verma.
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Official sources said the delegation will reach the state on July 11 and has been asked to submit its report at the earliest. At least 18 people were killed in violence during polling Re-polling is being held in hundreds of polling booths in West Bengal on Saturday.
The BJP has accused the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress of using violence as a “guarantee” to stay in power.