Hundreds arrested after post-poll violence kills at least three in Indian state

NEW DELHI, May ‌7 (Reuters) - Hundreds ​of ​people were arrested after post-election violence erupted this week in an ‌eastern Indian state, killing at least three ⁠people, including the aide to a senior leader ‌of Prime Minister Narendra ‌Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.

Here are some details.

• Modi's BJP defeated incumbent Chief Minister Mamata ​Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the election in West Bengal state, where she has ⁠held power since 2011.

• Banerjee has refused to resign, saying ​she has "not been defeated" and accusing the Election Commission of colluding with the ​BJP to win the ‌election.

• More than 200 criminal cases have been registered across the ⁠state for the violence and 433 people have been arrested, police chief Siddh Nath Gupta told ⁠reporters on Wednesday.

• BJP has accused the TMC ​of carrying out "targeted assassinations".

• TMC has condemned the violence that it says is being carried out by "BJP-backed ‌miscreants".

• West Bengal has a history of post-election violence, and about a ‌dozen people were killed during similar clashes ⁠between political parties ‌after results were ​declared during the previous polls in 2021.

(Reporting by Sakshi Dayal and Raju ‌Gopalakrishnan)

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