Bhabanipur bypoll: Tension erupts after BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal’s faux voter declare

Major pressure erupted in Bhabanipur constituency on Thursday after an alleged faux voter was caught by BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal at Khalsa High School in Bhabanipur.

Polling was roughly peaceable besides a couple of sporadic incidents within the constituency the place West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting in opposition to BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal and CPI-M candidate Srijib Biswas.

After the alleged faux voter was recognized, ruckus broke out exterior the polling sales space because the voter stated he was a resident of Bansdroni and was not carrying any id proof to show that he was a voter of Bhabanipur Constituency. Both Trinamool Congress and BJP employees clashed exterior the varsity after the alleged faux voter was caught.

“The Police did not take any action was a silent onlooker to the incident. He did not take any action against the fake voter. One Gurmeet Singh, who is Trinamool Hindi cell secretary, came to the fake voter’s rescue and helped him to leave the school premises,” BJP sources claimed.

“Apart from Khalsa, there is an attempt to booth jamming in other locations by Trinamool MLA Madan Mitra,” BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal claimed.

Central forces was deployed to Khalsa High School to manage the state of affairs. Complaint has been lodged in EC. EC stated that they’re preserving a watch on the incident.

Apart from Bhabanipur Constituency by-poll, polling is underway in Murshidabad’s Samserganj and Jangipur, as polls weren’t carried out attributable to dying of the candidates and pandemic.

Till 1 PM, within the morning 35.97 % polling was reported in Bhabanipur, whereas it was a lot larger 53.78 % in Jangipur and 57.15 % in Samserganj. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had solid her vote at Mitra Institution. Her nephew and Trinamool National normal secretary Abhisek Banerjee additionally solid his vote.

Meanwhile, BJP has additionally complained in opposition to Trinamool Minister Firhad Hakim and Minister Subrata Mukerjee, who’ve been allegedly seen everywhere in the constituency influencing the voters. “This is in gross violation of the provisions of the Rules. These two ministers should be immediately detained in a PS outside the area of this constituency till at least the polling process is over,” BJP stated because it filed criticism in opposition to them to the EC.

Trinamool Congress, alternatively, complained that BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal has been travelling within the Constituency with 20 automobiles.