11 killed in local polls in India's West Bengal
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in clashes, according to media reports, during the municipal polls in West Bengal, a state notorious for political violence during election campaigns.
Voters are casting their ballots on Saturday in a fierce contest to elect municipal leaders, with more than 200,000 candidates in the fray across the state of 104 million people.
Indian media reports, quoting the Press Trust of India news agency, said at least 11 election-related deaths in the state governed by the opposition Trinamool Congress party, and where the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying hard to gain a toehold as it seeks to expand beyond the Hindi-speaking north.
Six Trinamool Congress members and one worker belonging each to the BJP, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Congress and a regional Muslim party were killed, the agency said, adding that the identity of the 11th person was not known.
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