: Saturday, April 10, 2021, 2:26 PM IST
Bengal Assembly polls violence: As five people are killed in gunfire, PM, Mamata fire salvos at each other. Didi wants Home Minister to step down
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and WB CM Mamata Banerjee
As parts of West Bengal make their way to polling booths to choose a new state Assembly, violent incidents have been reported from several areas. In Cooch Behar district, several people have reportedly been shot dead, even as others were injured. Since then, Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have each lashed out at the other s party and leaders over the incident.
PM Modi calls Cooch Behar firing sad, says TMC inciting security forces ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 13:33 IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): Calling the deaths of four Trinamool Congress workers in West Bengal s Cooch Behar in a firing incident by Central Forces as saddening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Didi (West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) and her goons are perturbed after seeing the people s support for BJP and are inciting the security forces to disrupt the election process. What happened in Cooch Behar is very saddening. My sympathies are with the families of those who died, I condole their demise. Didi and her goons are perturbed, seeing the people s support for BJP. She has stooped to this level as she can see her chair slipping away, the Prime Minister said while addressing a public meeting in Siliguri.
Representative Image ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 13:07 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress on Saturday said Central Forces opened fire twice at polling booths in Cooch Behar where people are casting their votes, killing four party workers.
Addressing a press conference, TMC leader Dola Sen said, In block 1 of Mathabhanga (Cooch Behar) one TMC worker was killed and three were injured after Central Forces opened fire on them, in Sitalkuchi block, three TMC workers were killed and one was injured.
She added that Central Forces are doing injustice to people and they have crossed limits. When Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called them out, EC issued her notices, Sen added.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo/ANI)
Conspiracy going around under instruction of Home Minister: Mamata on killing of TMC workers by central forces ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 13:57 IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): Condemning the killings of four TMC workers in Cooch Behar by Central Forces on Saturday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said a conspiracy is going around under the instruction of the Union Home Minister.
Addressing a public meeting in Hingalganj, Banerjee said, CRPF has shot dead four people in Sitalkuchi (Cooch Behar) today. There was another death in the morning. CRPF is not my enemy but there is a conspiracy going around under the instruction of the Home Minister. Today s incident validates that.
Visuals from Cooch Behar where four people were killed, four injured in incidents of firing (Photo/ANI) West Bengal polls: 52.89 per cent voter turnout till 1:30 pm in phase 4 ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 13:48 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): West Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 52.89 per cent till 1:30 pm across 44 constituencies in five districts during the fourth phase of the state Assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
The Mathabhanga constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 61.30 per cent till 1.30 pm, while the Maheshtala constituency witnessed the lowest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 42.35 per cent.