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Bengal: Over 80% voter turnout, violence in second phase
Bengal: Over 80% voter turnout, violence in second phase
Last Updated: Fri, Apr 2nd, 2021, 10:38:41hrs
Kokata: A large voter turnout of more than 80 per cent despite sporadic incidents of violence and allegations of vote fraud on Thursday marked the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also accused central forces deployed in Nandigram constituency, where she is locked in battle with her former lieutenant, Suvendu Adhikari now with the Bharatiya Janata Party, of helping the saffron party under instructions from Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Allegations of booth capturing and partisan behaviour prompted the Election Commission to seek a report on an incident in Boyal village where the feisty Trinamool Congress boss stayed put for more than two hours outside a polling booth following a siege of sorts by BJP supporters.
An estimated 80 percent turnout was recorded despite sporadic violence and stray street clashes in the polling for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections for 30 seats. The 30 seats include the high-profile Nandigram constituency where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is fighting a fierce battle with former lieutenant Subhendu Adhikary of the Bharatiya Janata
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1 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives at a polling station during the second phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, at Boyal in Nandigram, on Thursday, April 1, 2021. PTI
Nandigram/Kolkata, April 1
A large voter turnout of more than 80 per cent despite sporadic incidents of violence and allegations of vote fraud on Thursday marked the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also accused central forces deployed in Nandigram constituency, where she is locked in battle with her former lieutenant, Suvendu Adhikari now with the BJP, of helping the saffron party under instructions from Union Home Minister Amit Shah.