Nandigram battle lives up to its hype and hoopla
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Last Updated: Apr 02, 2021, 06:35 AM IST
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Banerjee visited the booth in the Boyal area after receiving complaints that Trinamool polling agent was not allowed to sit inside the booth. Trinamool members alleged she got stuck inside the school premises for over two hours, even as “BJP and Trinamool workers indulged in violence outside the booth”.
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A BJP worker was allegedly found hanging near the Reyapara area in Nandigram Block-1.
Trinamool Congress members alleged rigging and other irregularities at a polling booth in Nandigram, from where chief minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, during the second phase of voting in West Bengal on Thursday. The Election Commission, however, rejected the allegation, saying voting was not disrupted at any moment at polling station number 7 in the constituency.
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Mamata Banerjee arrives at a polling station during the second phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls at Boyal in Nandigram on Thursday (April 1).
The Election Commission (EC) cited the report of its general observer in West Bengal on Thursday to say voting was not disrupted at any moment at polling station number 7 in Nandigram, from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting.
In a statement, the commission said many sections of media have been covering the incident of alleged gherao of Hon ble Chief Minister of West Bengal and crowding at Polling Station No. 7 at 210 Nandigram AC (assembly constituency) today that inter alia resulted in disruption of poll process . It said general observer Hemen Das, an IAS officer, and police observer Ashutosh Roy (IPS) were asked to go to the spot immediately.
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80 percent voting in second phase despite violence, allegations of booth capturing
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives at a polling station during the second phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, at Boyal in Nandigram. (Photo: PTI)
Kolkata: Despite prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of the CrPC, massive presence of Centre-ordered paramilitary forces and aerial surveillance by the Election Commission, Nandigram the hot seat in West Bengal Assembly elections where chief minister Mamata Banerjee is taking on her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari reeled under violence on Thursday, leaving Ms Banerjee stranded at a polling booth for over two hours.
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Opinion | Nandigram: Who threatened villagers on voting day?
On polling day in Nandigram, we showed on India TV, how villagers, both men and women, fearing for their lives, were walking towards the polling booth near their village, with central security forces accompanying them. These men and women named some local Trinamool leaders, who had threatened them not to come out of their homes and vote. This was how a reign of terror had been created in Nandigram, where the Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee is fighting a raging battle to save her political existence.
Till now, we had been only hearing news of Trinamool leaders threatening people not to attend BJP rallies in Bengal, we used to hear how villagers never trusted the local police, but after a long time, people have mustered courage to come out and vote, with central security forces protecting them. Till now, we used to take all accusations made by BJP leaders against TMC about beatings and killings, with
Polling Was Not Disrupted In West Bengal s Nandigram: EC
The EC statement also said a separate handwritten complaint was received from the chief minister via the chief electoral officer (CEO) of West Bengal late in the afternoon. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-02T08:43:23+05:30 Polling Was Not Disrupted In West Bengal s Nandigram: EC outlookindia.com 2021-04-02T08:45:33+05:30
Citing the report of its general observer in West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) has said voting was not disrupted at any moment at polling station number 7 in Nandigram, from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting. Many sections of media have been covering the incident of alleged gherao of Hon ble Chief Minister of West Bengal and crowding at Polling Station No. 7 at 210 Nandigram AC (assembly constituency) today that inter alia resulted in disruption of poll process, the commission said in a statement.