Police controlled the situation with lathi-charge. (Representative image)
GORAKHPUR: Clashes broke out in several blocks during the nomination process of block head in Gorakhpur on Thursday. However, police controlled the situation after use of mild force.
In Gorakhpur there are 20 block head seats. It seems that BJP candidates will win unopposed in all the 14 blocks as no other candidate filed nomination papers here except them. If they don’t take their names back by 3 pm on Friday, they are likely to be declared as unopposed elected candidates.
In Shahpur area of Chargawan block , a large number of people attacked BJP candidate Vandana Singh and her supporters. Police controlled the situation with lathi-charge. However, during the attack, Vandana Singh, her husband Ranvijay Singh along with half-a-dozen people were injured. Vandana Singh filed the nomination papers under police security.