After a Bharatiya Janata Party was shot dead at Suri in Birbhum district on Monday, The Calcutta High Court, in an unprecedented order, directed the State Election Commission on Tuesday to treat nine Independent candidates’ nomination papers filed on WhatsApp as valid

The BJP leader, Sheikh Dildar Khan, died in a skirmish over the filing of nominations for his wife's candidacy in the upcoming West Bengal panchayat elections.

 

BJP leader Babul Supriyo tweeted a video showing proof of the violence being spread by TMC:

Dekhiye iss #TMC samarthak rather gundey ko, yeh seena thok kar dhamki de raha hai ki nomination file karne nahi dega, gundagardi karega. Yeh hai Paschim Bengal ki sarkar ka asli chehra. #bengalpanchayatpolls pic.twitter.com/gcL4N5Xs3Y

— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) April 23, 2018

Other such videos were seen on social media: