Assembly Polls Phase 3 Polling: 78% Turnout In Bengal Amid Sporadic Violence, Voting Peacefully Ends In Assam

Kolkata/Guwahati: The third part of the meeting elections in West Bengal witnessed clashes between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) employees whereas voting within the north-eastern state of Assam was peaceable on Tuesday.  

Around 78 % voter turnout was recorded in 31 constituencies of West Bengal until 5 p.m. whereas Assam witnessed an estimated 82.33 % voter turnout in 40 meeting seats.

The TMC lodged a grievance with the Election Commission alleging the BJP “goons” attacked Sujata Mondal Khan, the social gathering’s Arambagh candidate, at a voting sales space in Arandi space of the constituency.

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Her safety officer additionally sustained head accidents within the incident which Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee condemned and accused the BJP of making chaos and threatening her social gathering supporters in the course of the voting in Arambagh.

In one other incident, a minimum of one individual was injured when crude bombs have been lobbed exterior a polling station in South 24 Parganas district’s Canning Purba seat. Clashes have been additionally reported from some seats of South 24 Parganas the place a number of individuals have been injured after the TMC and Indian Secular Front members got here nose to nose.

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Some stray incidents of violence, nonetheless, happened in the course of the polling in Assam as effectively, however polling have been largely peaceable. The state’s Golokgunj meeting constituency witnessed clashes between two teams following which the police intervened and fired within the air to disperse the gang.

In one other incident, the safety personnel have been attacked at a polling sales space in Bilasipara West seat over distribution of free masks. The police later baton-charged these indulging within the violence to carry the state of affairs below management.

Voting for the West Bengal Assembly elections is being held in eight phases. The outcomes for each West Bengal and Assam shall be declared on May 2.