The violence started late on Friday night and continued till the start of the voting process at 7 in the morning.
Sandeshkhali under Basirhat Lok Sabha and Bhangar under Jadavpur Lok Sabha were the centers of tension.
In Sandeshkhali, tension started rising late on Friday night when a group of local women took to the streets with bamboo sticks against the state police over alleged threats being made to their family members by a local Trinamool Congress worker. The women also alleged that the local goons who were behind such threats were close associates of now suspended Trinamoo Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who is currently behind bars.
However, the state police have denied the allegations and said that tension escalated after some local BJP supporters beat up some civic volunteers in Sandeshkhali. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and BJ Information Technology Cell chief Amit Malviya shared videos of the protest.Women in Sandeshkhali. Launching a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he accused her of taking the help of party goons and the state police to intimidate voters.
Similarly, tension broke out in front of a polling booth in Bhangar after clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) workers after the polling process began at 7 am on Saturday. A female AIS worker suffered head injuries following the clash.
Earlier, the vehicle of AISF candidate Noor Alam Khan was allegedly vandalized by a group of Trinamool Congress workers. The nine Lok Sabha seats where voting is taking place on Saturday include Kolkata, Jadavpur, Jaynagar, Mathurapu and Kolkata-South and Kolkata-North.Diamond Harbor in South 24 Parganas and Basirhat, Barasat and Dumdum in North 24 Parganas.
Prominent candidates whose fate will be decided on Saturday include Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee from Diamond Harbour, face of the Sandeshkhali movement and BJP candidate Rekha Patra from Basirhat and CPI(M) Central Committee member Dr Sujan Chakraborty from Dum. Power.
Voting is already underway in the state under heavy security arrangements with 1,020 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), of which 97 companies are being deployed on polling duty and the rest are being kept in reserve. , A total of 1,960 Quick Response Teams (QRTs) have already been deployed across the state for prompt action on reports of tension.
Sandeshkhali under Basirhat Lok Sabha and Bhangar under Jadavpur Lok Sabha were the centers of tension.
In Sandeshkhali, tension started rising late on Friday night when a group of local women took to the streets with bamboo sticks against the state police over alleged threats being made to their family members by a local Trinamool Congress worker. The women also alleged that the local goons who were behind such threats were close associates of now suspended Trinamoo Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who is currently behind bars.
However, the state police have denied the allegations and said that tension escalated after some local BJP supporters beat up some civic volunteers in Sandeshkhali. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and BJ Information Technology Cell chief Amit Malviya shared videos of the protest.Women in Sandeshkhali. Launching a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he accused her of taking the help of party goons and the state police to intimidate voters.
Similarly, tension broke out in front of a polling booth in Bhangar after clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) workers after the polling process began at 7 am on Saturday. A female AIS worker suffered head injuries following the clash.
Earlier, the vehicle of AISF candidate Noor Alam Khan was allegedly vandalized by a group of Trinamool Congress workers. The nine Lok Sabha seats where voting is taking place on Saturday include Kolkata, Jadavpur, Jaynagar, Mathurapu and Kolkata-South and Kolkata-North.Diamond Harbor in South 24 Parganas and Basirhat, Barasat and Dumdum in North 24 Parganas.
Prominent candidates whose fate will be decided on Saturday include Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee from Diamond Harbour, face of the Sandeshkhali movement and BJP candidate Rekha Patra from Basirhat and CPI(M) Central Committee member Dr Sujan Chakraborty from Dum. Power.
Voting is already underway in the state under heavy security arrangements with 1,020 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), of which 97 companies are being deployed on polling duty and the rest are being kept in reserve. , A total of 1,960 Quick Response Teams (QRTs) have already been deployed across the state for prompt action on reports of tension.
