by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 7, 2021 12:03 PM
A Trinamool shelter (Twitter)
Snapshot
In 2016, the Trinamool had won 30 of the 31 seats that went to polls in phase three yesterday.
This time around that number is set to decrease. Here s how it happened.
The third phase of polling for 31 seats spread across the South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly districts of West Bengal, on Tuesday, was marred by violence.
But what was significant about Tuesdayâs poll violence was that the Trinamool was at the receiving end at many places.
Trinamool candidates and functionaries who had allegedly tried to interfere in the poll process by storming polling booths with their supporters were repelled back by BJP supporters.
Trinamool Candidate Chased Out Of Poll Booth, Hit On Head, Alleges Party West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Sujata Mondol Khan had accused the opposition BJP of creating chaos and threatening Trinamool supporters in Arambagh amid the voting. The BJP has denied the allegation.
Updated: April 06, 2021 3:03 pm IST
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Sujata Mondal Khan is the Trinamool candidate from Arambagh.
Highlights
She accused the opposition BJP of creating chaos
Trinamool Congress has claimed that a security personnel was injured
Kolkata:
A candidate from Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress was chased out of a polling booth in Bengal today as voting was on in the third phase of the assembly election in the state. Sujata Mondol Khan was chased with lathis by a group of people in the middle of a field. Ms Banerjee said BJP workers chased Trinamool candidate Sujata Mondal and hit her on head near a polling booth .
Benga; Election 2021: You (BJP) cannot terrorise us or intimidate us, Mamata Banerjee alleged today
Kalchini, West Bengal:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed BJP activists were forcibly occupying polling booths and attacking Trinamool members, including party candidates, and asserted that she would not get bogged down by such intimidating tactics .
Addressing a public rally in Kalchini in Bengal s Alipurduar district, Mamata Banerjee alleged that her party s nominee in Arambagh, Sujata Mondal, was chased and hit on head near a polling booth by BJP workers. They have inflicted serious injury on our Scheduled Caste candidate Sujata, when she visited a booth. They also hit another candidate in Khanakul. In Canning East, security forces prevented our nominee Shaukat Mollah from entering a booth. There had been numerous such instances of attack on our candidates, party workers across the state, Mamata Banerjee said.
Mamata Banerjee admonished the attack, saying, “our Scheduled Caste candidate Sujata was attacked as she visited a booth. They also hit another candidate in Khanakul. In Canning East, our candidate Shaukat Mollah was prevented by the security forces from entering a booth. There had been numerous such instances of attack on our candidates, party workers across the state.”
Banerjee also alleged that BJP forcibly occupied polling booths and attacked TMC candidates. Addressing a public meeting here in Alipurduar district, the TMC boss accused the Election Commission of turning a blind eye to the excesses of the CRPF, CISF, BSF and the ITBP. They are beating and torturing people since morning. They are saying BJP ko vote do (vote for the BJP), the chief minister said. She said her party s nominee in Arambagh, Sujata Mondal, was chased and hit on head near a polling booth by saffron party workers. BJP supporters inflicted serious injury on our Scheduled Caste candidate Sujata, when she visited a booth. They also hit another candidate in Khanakul.