NEW DELHI: Because the Lok Sabha election kicked off in West Bengal, stories of violence emerged, sparking issues over the state’s electoral panorama. BJP chief Agnimitra Paul likened the state of affairs in Bengal to Bihar, alleging that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was resorting to threats and violence to silence opposition voices.
Agnimitra Paul condemned the alleged ways employed by the TMC, and was quoted by PTI as saying, “Bengal has became new Bihar, new Kashmir…opponents need to be silenced, both by threatening or murdering… that is Mamata Banerjee’s politics in West Bengal.” Paul, additionally an MLA from Asansol South, is contesting the Lok Sabha polls as BJP’s candidate in Medinipur.
Her response got here hours after West Bengal witnessed clashes between BJP and Trinamool employees in Cooch Behar, one of many three seats voting within the preliminary section.
Each the TMC and the BJP lodged 80 and 39 complaints, respectively, associated to ballot violence, voter intimidation, and assaults on ballot brokers within the first few hours of polling, sources from each events mentioned. A lot of the complaints had been from Cooch Behar and Alipurduars constituencies.
The TMC alleged that BJP employees had thrashed polling brokers in Sitalkuchi space of Cooch Behar constituency and voters had been stopped from getting into few cubicles.
The saffron camp denied the allegations and accused the TMC of intimidating voters.
Sitalkuchi, some of the violence-prone areas of the state, witnessed widespread violence over the past meeting polls, resulting in the dying of 4 individuals in firing by central forces.
Tv footage confirmed that in Mathabhanga space of the district, TMC and BJP employees clashed, leading to accidents on each side. Staff from each events confronted one another following allegations of voter intimidation.
In one other space of Mathabhanga, TMC employees staged a protest following allegations that central forces had been aiding BJP employees in rigging votes at some cubicles within the space. The TMC block president from Bethguri, Anant Barman, was hospitalised after allegedly being crushed up by BJP members.
Regardless of the unrest, voter turnout stood at 66.3% by 3 pm, eight hours into the polling course of. Notably, all three seats voting on this section—Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, and Alipurduar—are reserved constituencies, with high-profile candidates akin to Union minister Nisith Pramanik contesting for the BJP in Cooch Behar.
(With inputs from businesses)
Agnimitra Paul condemned the alleged ways employed by the TMC, and was quoted by PTI as saying, “Bengal has became new Bihar, new Kashmir…opponents need to be silenced, both by threatening or murdering… that is Mamata Banerjee’s politics in West Bengal.” Paul, additionally an MLA from Asansol South, is contesting the Lok Sabha polls as BJP’s candidate in Medinipur.
Her response got here hours after West Bengal witnessed clashes between BJP and Trinamool employees in Cooch Behar, one of many three seats voting within the preliminary section.
Each the TMC and the BJP lodged 80 and 39 complaints, respectively, associated to ballot violence, voter intimidation, and assaults on ballot brokers within the first few hours of polling, sources from each events mentioned. A lot of the complaints had been from Cooch Behar and Alipurduars constituencies.
The TMC alleged that BJP employees had thrashed polling brokers in Sitalkuchi space of Cooch Behar constituency and voters had been stopped from getting into few cubicles.
The saffron camp denied the allegations and accused the TMC of intimidating voters.
Sitalkuchi, some of the violence-prone areas of the state, witnessed widespread violence over the past meeting polls, resulting in the dying of 4 individuals in firing by central forces.
Tv footage confirmed that in Mathabhanga space of the district, TMC and BJP employees clashed, leading to accidents on each side. Staff from each events confronted one another following allegations of voter intimidation.
In one other space of Mathabhanga, TMC employees staged a protest following allegations that central forces had been aiding BJP employees in rigging votes at some cubicles within the space. The TMC block president from Bethguri, Anant Barman, was hospitalised after allegedly being crushed up by BJP members.
Regardless of the unrest, voter turnout stood at 66.3% by 3 pm, eight hours into the polling course of. Notably, all three seats voting on this section—Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, and Alipurduar—are reserved constituencies, with high-profile candidates akin to Union minister Nisith Pramanik contesting for the BJP in Cooch Behar.
(With inputs from businesses)
