Union minister of state and BJP candidate from Cooch Behar Nisith Pramanik. (File photograph/PTI)
The Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Occasion lodged round 100 and 50 complaints, respectively, associated to ballot violence, voter intimidation, and assaults on ballot brokers within the preliminary hours of voting, mentioned sources from each events. Most complaints originated from Cooch Behar
Whereas the primary part of the Lok Sabha elections on three seats in West Bengal on Friday wasn’t fully freed from violence, observers mentioned the depth was definitely a lot much less.
The Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Occasion lodged round 100 and 50 complaints, respectively, associated to ballot violence, voter intimidation, and assaults on ballot brokers within the preliminary hours of voting in Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, and Jalpaiguri, mentioned sources from each events. Most complaints originated from Cooch Behar.
Voter turnout is at all times excessive in West Bengal and this time too it was about 77% until 5 pm.
At round 7.30 am on Friday, 102-year-old Ramendra Barman got here to forged his vote in the identical sales space the place union minister of state for house Nisith Pramanik of the BJP exercised his proper to vote in Bhetaguri. Chatting with News1 Barman mentioned, “Who is aware of whether or not I can forged my vote subsequent 12 months or not? That is my proper and I might ask my future generations to return and vote.” Barman got here to vote although he has issue strolling.
Whereas the TMC alleged that its block chief Ananta Burman was assaulted in Cooch Behar’s Bhetaguri, the BJP claimed that its polling agent Biswanath Pal was kidnapped. The Election Fee later mentioned that he had been discovered by sub-inspector Bhaskar Roy and his workforce and was helped to achieve his sales space (no. 221). A video clip on the event was additionally launched.
There was a stone-pelting incident in Chandamari, and a voter was injured.
Each side have been claiming a victory. Pramanik was monitoring the scenario from his home within the morning and left round midday to go to a few locations within the Dinhata space (stronghold of space MLA and TMC’s north Bengal improvement minister Udayan Guha) and got here again. Within the night, he went to a locality referred to as Natabari the place there was a grievance from his camp, and returned.
Chatting with News18, Pramanik mentioned, “This time the individuals will win. Regardless of how a lot TMC goons strive, we’ll win and I’m assured.”
Alternatively, TMC candidate Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia and Udayan Guha visited totally different cubicles all through the day.
Guha informed News18, “This time we’ll save our goalpost and can rating a purpose as a result of this can be a matter of status.”
The TMC additionally carried out a “victory rally” within the space.
The realm noticed the loss of life of 4 individuals in firing allegedly by central forces at Sitalkuchi throughout the 2021 meeting elections. The deployment of CRPF personnel and coordination with the state was higher this time, and the Election Fee stored strict vigil, mentioned observers.
Vijay Kumar, DIG of CRPF in Siliguri, informed News18, “Complaints got here however not many. I actually travelled 60 km however I didn’t discover any violence and each grievance was correctly checked out.”
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