We previously reported how West Bengal was on the boil again, despite the National media choosing to ignore it. We reported the political violence, the protests by teachers, and the attack on journalists too.

Now even more questions have been raised about TMC ability to maintain peace during the Panchayat elections after Union Minister Babul Supriyo said that he had video evidence of an incident of BJP workers stopped from filling nomination for Panchayat polls.

Kailash Vijayvargiya , a senior BJP leader said that they would move the High Court and present the evidence there.

However, the most important news came from Congress when senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked for President's rule in Bengal:

 

I demand President's Rule in West Bengal. Without imposing President's rule, no one will be able to exercise their democratic right. This is the need of the hour: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress #PanchayatElections pic.twitter.com/wyKkkycRRG

— ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2018