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May 10, 2026
The post-election violence in West Bengal witnessed a bloody escalation on Wednesday night after Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead in North 24 Parganas near Kolkata. Describing the incident as a “targeted assassination”, the BJP has launched sharp attacks on the ruling TMC, accusing it of a premeditated plot amid heightened political tensions in the state after the saffron party’s sweeping victory in the assembly elections.
The killing came less than 48 hours after the declaration of the fiercely contested assembly poll results and sent shockwaves through Bengal’s political circles. While the BJP accused the TMC of unleashing retaliatory violence, the Mamata Banerjee-led party countered with claims that its own workers were being attacked in several districts.
