At a joint press conference after attending a meeting at the RSP office in Kolkata, Left Front chairman Biman Bose and West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Somen Mitra said that they will “jointly fight” against the contentious “National Register of Citizens (NRC), communal polarisation and lack of jobs across the state”.

He asked the Union Home Ministry to open a helpline number for families of other Bengal labourers who are stuck in Kashmir. He also organised a candle-light vigil at Sagardighi village on Wednesday evening.

Karat was speaking to reporters after addressing a public meeting at the Jawaharlal Nehru University organised by students’ union against the BJP government’s decision on J&K.

Condemning the incident, Banerjee said in a tweet, “In a most unfortunate incident in Kashmir yesterday, five innocent labourers were brutally killed in a pre planned manner.

According to police, Tapan wanted to visit his sister on Bhaiphonta and hence demanded money from the Nag couple. However, the couple allegedly told him they would give his salary on November 1 only.

The two persons were killed in separate incidents in Kolkata on Sunday night. Two persons were arrested in this connection.

Cong to contest 2 seats — Kaliaganj & Kharagpur Sadar — Left on Karimganj.

According to police sources, the deceased has been identified as Sheikh Insan. He was allegedly caught in the crossfire and received a bullet injury.

According to police, the pick-up van, which was moving at a high speed, was carrying nine passengers. The driver and a passenger died, while the rest eight were injured. Six of them were admitted to the CNMCH, while two were released after first aid. Five of the injured are residents of Hasnabad in South 24 Parganas.

According to police, both the victims had received injuries to their neck and face while bursting tubris (clay flowerpot crackers).

The state PCB said it received 140 complaints of the bursting of high-decibel firecrackers from Kolkata and its neighbouring areas on Sunday night.

The meeting comes in the wake of a war of words between the Trinamool Congress government and Raj Bhavan.

Blaming the TMC workers for the murder, the BJP has called for a 12-hour bandh in Arambagh on Wednesday, even as the ruling party has denied the allegations, calling it a “fallout of personal enmity”.

Last week, an internal meeting was held to finalise the names of its candidates for Kharagpur Sadar, Karimpur and Kaliaganj Assembly seats, which go to bypoll on November 25.

Dhankhar, during his last visit to the campus, had advocated for the demand of ‘Institute of Eminence’ tag, and offered his help to solve any issue within his limits as the Chancellor of the institute.

TMC leader Sunil Mukherjee, who is also the Chairman of Barasat municipality, even refused to be a part of the inauguration programme where Dhankhar would be the chief guest.

After taking the charge, Sanjay Singh said, “The people of Garulia municipality are relieved as Sunil Singh, a traitor, resigned from the post of chairman. It is a good day for them.”

In Bengal, this will be the first bypoll after the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year when, the BJP won 18 out of 42 seats in the state.

Ten ambulances and 14 trauma-care ambulances will be made available to tackle any emergency situation. Police will set up 27 watch towers in the city.

Chatterjee and Banerjee had joined BJP in August. Chatterjee, once a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had resigned as the Kolkata Mayor over alleged differences with her in November last year.

Two days back Banerjee had made it clear that there will be no detention camps in Bengal.

The BSF is also hopeful that the fisherman, who had strayed into the Bangladesh side of river Padma, would be released in a day or two.

After finding senior administrative officials of North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas missing at the meeting called by him, Dhankhar on Tuesday had accused the Trinamool Congress government of “unconstitutional behaviour” with him and wondered whether some “sort of censorship” was in place in the state.

The comments from Banerjee came months after BJP candidate Raju Bista won the Lok Sabha polls from Darjeeling instead of local GJM leader Amar Singh Rai, who contested the election on a TMC ticket.