West Bengal Municipal Polls LIVE Updates: Voting began in 108 municipalities across West Bengal where about 95 lakh voters are slated to exercise their franchise to elect ward representatives and mayors. The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the ruling TMC of intimidation in Kanthi conistituency, which comes under the area where opposition leader Suvendu Adhikary lives.
BJP alleges their candidate beaten up in Konnagar in Hugly .last night they blocked road and protested TMC denies allegation.
Opposition parties alleged that attacks against them have intensified in the last 24-hours. Of the 2,276 wards spread over 108 municipalities, the ruling Trinamool Congress has already won four uncontested.
At North 24-Parganas Kamarhati where TMC MLA Madan Mitra is the party candidate, bombs were hurled outside the residence of the CPM nominee from ward 25 on Friday night. Attacks were also allegedly carried out in Barrackpore.
Here are live updates:
– Turn out registered at 3 pm stands at 65.2%.
– Violence in Bengal civic body polls reported from these areas: Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality, South 24 Parganas, Uttar Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas, Kandi, Murshidabad and Basirhat.
– People cast their votes for the #WestBengal Civic Polls. Visuals from Bankim Smriti Prathamik Vidyalaya in Midnapore.
– The BJP has alleged that their candidate was beaten up in Hughly’s Konnagar and led an overnight road blockade in protest against TMC as the latter denied allegations.
– A delegation of the Left’s women’s organisation went to the state election commission office on Saturday to demand closed-circuit television cameras be operational during the poll hours.
– In the civic bodies, including Calcutta Municipal Corporation where polls were held earlier, CCTV cameras were either not working or were found focussed elsewhere. Some of the candidates and their polling agents in Calcutta were assaulted while polling was on.
– The CPM has also demanded that Howrah (Rural) superintendent of police Soumya Ray to be removed from maintaining law and order during the polls because of his alleged involvement in the Anis Khan murder case. Ray is also the husband of a TMC legislator from South 24-Parganas.
– The polls for Howrah Municipal Corporation, however, is yet to be declared as the defining process of Bally from Howrah is yet to be completed. In Howrah district there will be polling only in Uluberia Municipality.
– In Darjeeling district, there will be polling in Darjeeling Municipality only, while there will be polling in multiple civic bodies in other districts.
– In Coochbehar, polling will be in six municipalities. North 24 Parganas will witness polls in 25 municipalities.
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