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West Bengal: BJP worker shot dead in Nadia, days after quitting TMC

Now, the BJP is blaming Mamata’s party for the party worker Santu Ghosh’s murder.

New Delhi: The violence in West Bengal is yet to be ceased even two days after Lok Sabha election results. In a shocking incident, a Bharatiya Janta Party worker was shot dead in Nadia district of West Bengal. As per reports, the murder has come only days after the party worker quit TMC to join the saffron party. Now, the BJP is blaming Mamata’s party for the party worker Santu Ghosh’s murder. Incidents of violence yet to stop in Kolkata: Incidents of murders of BJP workers in Kolkata have been surfacing from past many years. Another similar incident of violence was reported on May 24, where BJP party workers were thrashed in the state, only hours after the incident,  a party leader was shot dead. The police have initiated an investigation in the case and they are making all attempts to find the reason and the person behind the murder. With her party seemingly rattled after the Lok Sabha setback, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened an emergent meeting on Saturday afternoon at her Kalighat residence in South Kolkata to review the results and come up with a road map for a turnaround ahead of the Assembly polls. All winning and losing Lok Sabha candidates, as also the district presidents and front ranking leaders have been asked to be present for the meeting, party sources said. "She will review the results by hearing all the candidates and district presidents who would be asked to give their individual opinion on what went wrong for the party," they said.b

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