Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], BJP MP Locket Chatterjee claimed that a Trinamoo agent was caught red-handed while soliciting votes from people for his rival candidate Rachna Banerjee from Hooghly. “Instead, an ASHA worker was seated as a booth agent.” of money. He has been instructed to ask people to vote for Rachna. She is a Trinamool agent who works as an assistant at the booths and asks people to vote for TMC,” Chatterjee told reporters when voting began in his constituency on Monday.When the woman was interrogated she could not give adequate answers and said that she had been instructed by higher authorities, which could not be traced, “When she was confronted she could not say anything. “He said he was stung.” Chatterjee, the BJP candidate from Hugal, said, "Some 'sir' had given instructions which were not met." When the police asked him about the booth agent, he said that however, Chatterjee replied that there were not many voters at the polling station at that time. “When I told the police, they were maintaining the queue.How many people were there whose queue she was maintaining?'' The BJP MP said Chatterjee said she would inform the Election Commission about the incident that took place at booth number 117 in Dhaniakhali, Hooghly. Earlier in the day, Chatterjee said that although there have been incidents of intimidation at some places in his constituency, overall the situation is peaceful and everyone will exercise their franchise, "Everything is going well... in Balagarh, Dhaniakhali. There were incidents of intimidation at 2-3 places, EVM machines are not working at some places, but work is going on,” Chatterjee said while speaking to ANI. Meanwhile, BJP candidate from Bongaon seat. Thakur cast his vote on Monday, while TMC has fielded actress Rachna Banerjee from Hooghly, while the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which is in partnership with the Congress in the INDI block, has fielded incumbent Mandeep Ghosh. Voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Monday morning in 49 parliamentary constituencies across six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and order.