Parties blame each other for sporadic violence in N Bengal
The Election Commission received over 100 complaints of violence and intimidation from three Lok Sabha segments, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri.
Barely a day after stepping down as Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar took oath as the head of the government yet again on Thursday after dumping the RJD, Congress alliance and joining forces with the NDA.
While BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi took oath as the new deputy chief minister, no ministers were sworn-in as the new alliance in the state braces for the floor test to prove their majority in the house on Friday.
Nitish Kumar met Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi late on Wednesday with NDA leaders and staked claim to form a new government with support of 132 MLAs.
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This is his second innings in the last two years, after he snapped ties late on Wednesday with the Grand Alliance partners Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress, over corruption charges against Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
(With inputs from agencies)
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