NANDIRGAM/KOLKATA: Heavy voting amidst sporadic violence, marked the second part of polling to the West Bengal meeting, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Election Fee over inaction to complaints filed by her get together.
Sporadic violence and minor clashes have been reported from numerous constituencies, together with the excessive profile Nandigram, the place chief minister Mamata Banerjee is locked in a high-stakes electoral battle along with her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari now with the BJP.
An agitated Banerjee slammed the Election Fee for not taking any motion regardless of lodging a number of complaints and threatened to maneuver courtroom over it.
Amongst the complaints have been allegations of “sales space capturing” and large faux voting in Boyal.
“We’ve lodged 63 complaints since morning. However not a single motion has been taken. We’ll transfer courtroom over it. That is unacceptable. The EC is working as per Amit Shah’s directions,” she stated whereas sitting outdoors sales space quantity 7 in Boyal in Nandigram, the place her partymen alleged many citizens have been unable to forged their poll.
“Goons from different states are creating ruckus right here,” she stated.
Banerjee additionally rang up the West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to complain in regards to the state of affairs.
Dhankar tweeted quickly afterwards to state “Points flagged @MamataOfficial some time in the past on telephone have been imparted (sic) to the involved.
” “We’ve recorded 58 per cent voter turnout recorded until 1 pm within the 30 seats the place polling is underway for the second part,” an Election Fee official stated.
The constituencies the place polls are being carried out embody 9 seats every in Purba and Paschim Medinipur districts, eight in Bankura and 4 in South 24 Parganas.
Strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols has been ensured all over the place, officers stated.
Each Banerjee and Adhikari fanned out to numerous polling cubicles in Nandigram to take inventory of the state of affairs after experiences of stray violence and sales space `jamming ‘, a bid by employees of 1 get together to crowd out voters from a polling sales space by forming lengthy queues.
Surprisingly these incidents occurred regardless of Nandigram constituency being positioned below Part 144 to comprise attainable violence.
Within the Boyal space in Nandigram, villagers alleged that BJP supporters had stopped them from going to the polling cubicles.
As quickly as Banerjee reached Boyal, BJP supporters greeted her with “Jai Shri Ram” slogans.
Supporters of BJP and TMC allegedly indulged in violence, as TMC leaders demanded re-polling in sales space quantity 7 of the village.
Police and Fast Motion Power have been rushed to the spot to manage the state of affairs, amidst incidents of alleged stone pelting.
Nevertheless, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh dubbed the allegations as baseless.
“The allegations are baseless. It appears she has accepted the defeat,” he stated.
In line with EC officers stated they’d look into the complaints.
Round 57 per cent of electors exercised their franchise until 1 PM within the agrarian constituency in Purba Medinipur district, an Election Fee official stated.
A TMC election agent’s mom was seen pleading earlier than the EC officers to not ask her son to go to the election sales space and alleged that he has been “threatened final evening by opposition events”.
Protesters additionally blocked the highway in Nandigram’s Block 1, alleging Central forces stopped them from going to the polling stations.
“The CRPF personnel accompanying Suvendu Adhikari stopped us from casting our votes,” a protester stated.
However, Suvendu Adhikari’s automotive, was attacked, and stones have been pelted whereas he was visiting cubicles within the meeting constituency.
Two separate stone-pelting incidents passed off in Takapura and Satengabari in Nandigram.
His car was gheraoed at numerous areas as TMC supporters shouted slogans in opposition to the BJP chief.
Safety forces patrolling the world dispersed the mob.
“I’m used to such protests by TMC goons.
They’re all followers of Mamata begum (Mamata Banerjee).
Allow them to do no matter they need until the outcomes are out on Could 2,” Adhikari informed reporters.
In the meantime, BJP candidate from Keshpur meeting constituency Tanmay Ghosh’s car was vandalised allegedly by the Trinamool Congress supporters, police stated.
Three individuals have been arrested in reference to the incident, they stated.
Greater than 75 lakh voters will resolve the destiny of 191 candidates within the 30 constituencies for which voting ends at 6.30 pm.
In the meantime, protesters blocked the highway in Nandigram’s Block 1, alleging, central forces stopped them from going to the polling stations.
“The CRPF personnel accompanying Suvendu Adhikari stopped us from casting our votes,” a protester stated.
Within the Gosaba space of South 24 Parganas, clashes have been additionally reported between TMC and BJP supporters.
Whereas within the Mahisadal seat, the TMC alleged that BJP employees had stopped voters from going to the polling stations.
