Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Arjun Singh, claimed that his rival Partha Bhowmik of Trinamool Congress had instigated hooliganism in the constituency on polling day on Sunday night. Cash distributed. This is happening on the instructions of Parth Bhowmik. Partha Bhowmik (TMC candidate) distributed money last night in violation of all rules, he is doing this to promote hooliganism." On peaceful voting in Barrackpore, Bhowmik said, "We will try to conduct peaceful elections but if If this does not happen, the (state) government will be responsible for it. This is not my responsibility.Arjun Singh switched to BJP before the 2019 elections." Notably, after being denied a ticket by TMC, he joined TMC three years later after winning the election from Barrackpore seat on a BJP ticket several times. 2024 In the 2019 elections, Singh was denied a ticket by TMC chief Mamat Banerjee. In the 2019 elections, BJP's Arjun Singh won the seat, securing 4,72,994 votes. Dinesh Trivedi received 4,58,137 votes. The Barrackpore seat comprises seven assembly constituencies: Amdanga, Bijapur, Naihati, Noapara and Barrackpur in the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 across six states and two union territories (UTs). Voting began on Monday morning in 49 parliamentary constituencies spread across the country.Voting began at 7 am amid tight security and arrangements and will continue till 6 pm, with people standing in queues still allowed to vote. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), voting is taking place for 35 assembly constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Assembly elections will also be held simultaneously on Monday. According to the Election Commission, more than 8.95 crore voters, including 4.69 crore men, 4.26 crore women and 5409 third gender voters, will decide the fate of 695 candidates in the fifth phase of voting. Major contests will be seen in various constituencies.Leaders like Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Rajiv Prata Rudy, Piyush Goyal, Ujjwal Nikam, Karan Bhushan Singh, LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan, JKNC chief Omar Abdullah and RJD leader Rohini Acharya are in the fray. . The eight states/UTs going to polls in Success Phase 5 are: Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.