Kolkata: After an action-packed second section polling in West Bengal Assembly elections which noticed sparodic occasions of violence and clashes, Trinamool Congress (TMC) slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks claiming that CM Mamata Banerjee could contest elections from one other seat as she is aware of she is dropping from Nandigram seat.
Earlier within the day, PM Modi took a dig at TMC boss in search of to know if she would contest the polls from one other seat, implying her loss in Nandigram is imminent. The Prime Minister was talking at a ballot rally in Bengal’s Uluberia.
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Taunting Banerjee, PM Modi stated: “Didi, is there any truth in the rumour that you are going to file nomination from another constituency? First you went there (Nandigram), and people gave you an answer. If you go somewhere else, people of Bengal are ready.”
Hours after PM Modi’s jibe, ruling dispensation in Bengal clarified that Mamata Banerjee harboured no such intention.
“Didi is winning Nandigram. The question of her fighting from another seat doesn’t arise. @narendramodi Ji, retract from your efforts to mislead people before they see your lies with the end of nomination in WB. Look for a safer seat in 2024, as you will be challenged in Varanasi,” the occasion tweeted from its official Twitter deal with.
Several incidents violence, allegations of sales space capturing and clashes marred the second section of meeting polls in Bengal, particularly within the high-profile Nandigram constituency.
However, the Election Commission knowledgeable that about 80.43 per cent of voters exercised their franchise within the second section polling regardless of the ferocity which happened in varied districts.
Constituency-Wise Voter Turnout:
Gosaba (79.85 per cent), Patharpratima (86.39 per cent), Kakdwip (76.17 per cent), Sagar (76.20 per cent), Tamluk (80.23 per cent), Panskura Purba (80.94 per cent), Panskura Paschim (81.67 per cent), Moyna (81.56 per cent), Nandakumar ( 82.36 per cent), Mahisadal (81.93 per cent), Haldia (80.45 per cent), Nandigram (80.79 per cent), Chandipur (81.15 per cent) and Kharagpur Sada (68.33 per cent).
Narayangarh (74 per cent), Sabang (81.23 per cent), Pingla (79.50 per cent), Debra (83.10 per cent), Daspur (71.20 per cent), Ghatal (76.29 per cent), Chandrakona (86.28 per cent), Keshpur (82.24 per cent), Taldangra (83.20 per cent), Bankura (72.86 per cent), Barjora (82 per cent), Onda (83.47 per cent), Bishnupur (82.95 per cent), Katulpur (87.21 per cent), Indus (86.57 per cent) and Sonamukhi (85.09 per cent).
