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This footage is from a polling station at Jummagach in Jalpaiguri. One woman helped another to cast her vote. No one stopped him.
The results of the voting held on 64,874 Gram Panchayat seats in West Bengal will come today. The counting of votes will begin at 8 am and the results are expected by 4 pm.
Voting was held on all the seats in Bengal on 8th July. However, incidents of violence and booth capturing also took place at many booths during the polling.
Following complaints, the Election Commission on Monday (July 11) conducted re-voting at 697 booths in 19 districts. Where a total of 69.85% voting took place from 7 am to 5 pm. There was no major incident of violence during this period.
On July 8, polling was held for 64,874 out of 73,887 gram panchayat seats. Where 65% polling was done till 5 pm.
Candidates were elected unopposed on 9,013 seats in the state. The maximum number of 8,874 candidates who were elected unopposed are from the Trinamool Congress.
These figures are for the repolling on 697 seats on July 11.
36 people died from election schedule till voting
During voting on July 8, 17 people were killed in violent incidents in more than 19 districts.
The election schedule was revealed in the state on June 8, since then there have been reports of violence in the state.
From June 8 to July 7, 19 people had lost their lives in the violence. And on July 8, 17 people died in different incidents.
Today, after 32 days, the death toll due to violence in the state has gone up to 36.
After meeting Amit Shah, Governor CV Anand Bose said on Bengal violence – it is the darkness before dawn.
big updates of 11 july
- During voting on 11th July, 35 live bombs were recovered in Murshidabad, which were defused by the Bomb Squad team in time.
- A woman was seen helping another woman to cast her vote at a polling station at Jummagach in Jalpaiguri.
- Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose met Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday. He informed Shah about the violence during the elections. He visited the state on the day of voting.
- Suvendu Adhikari said that after giving a list of 600 booths to the Election Commission, the BJP had demanded re-polling there. Whereas 18000 booths had wrongly voted. We are collecting evidence.
- BJP formed a committee of BJP MPs to investigate the violence. Former Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will preside over it. The committee will visit the state and submit the investigation report to JP Nadda.
Bomb Squad team recovered 35 live bombs in Murshidabad.
Violence during voting on 8th July
- Several policemen were injured when bombs were hurled during polling in Nagahariya area of English Bazar in Malda district.
- At booth number 145 of Block-1 of Golpokhar in Uttar Dinajpur, the miscreants assaulted the polling officer Mohammad Khairul and entered the polling booth to cast his vote.
- Villagers surrounded around 30 miscreants who had come to loot ballot boxes in Maheshnagar village of Nadia district. People tied one of these miscreants to a tree and beat them badly.
- The miscreants who were running away had left three bikes there, in which the villagers set them on fire. The caught miscreant was handed over to the police.
- Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi demanded the High Court to declare the election invalid. At the same time, BJP workers protested outside the Election Commission office.
After voting on 8 July, miscreants set a police vehicle on fire in Murshidabad.
BSF bid – Police force was sufficient, it was not used
Regarding the incidents of violence, BSF DIG SS Guleria said on Sunday that he had asked the Election Commission for information about sensitive booths several times, but he was not given this information. The State Election Commission gave the number of sensitive booths only on 7th June. His location or any other information was not given.
He said that 59 thousand troops of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and Armed Police of 25 states were also present in the state, but it could not be used properly. The state government had reported that there were only 4,834 sensitive booths on which CAPFs were deployed, but in reality there were many more sensitive police booths. The deployment of BSF was done only on the demand of the local administration.
Election commissioner said – adequate security force was not deployed in time
Regarding the allegations of spreading violence during elections, Bengal Election Commissioner Rajeev Sinha said that it was the responsibility of the district administration to control the crowd during elections. He alleged that the central force could not deploy companies in Bengal in time.
One person was injured in the bombing by TMC workers at Jamirgachi in Bhangad block of South 24 Parganas.
Shubhendu Adhikari said – TMC goons and police killed in connivance
Leader of the Opposition and BJP MLA from Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the killings in the panchayat elections. He said, due to the connivance of TMC goons and police, so many killings took place. CBI and NIA should investigate this matter.
The officer said- This election was not happening, votes were being looted and deaths were taking place. There was violence and arson. There was talk of deploying central security forces in the election. Where were they during the violence? Accusing the state government, Suvendu Adhikari said that CCTV monitoring was claimed, but CCTV cameras were not installed anywhere.
Ballot papers were set ablaze after polling booths were vandalized in Coochbehar.
16 people died in six districts
TMC: Two party workers were killed at Beldanga in Murshidabad and Tufanganj in Cooch Behar on Saturday morning, while a relative of a TMC leader was killed at Manik Chowk in Malda. A total of 9 workers have been killed so far.
Congress: Congress worker Yasmin SK was murdered in Rejinagar of Murshidabad.
CPI(M): Rajibul Haque, a 32-year-old CPI(M) worker, was shot dead in East Burdwan on Friday night. He died on Saturday morning at the NRS Medical College in Kolkata. There are reports of death of three CPI(M) workers.
BJP: BJP’s polling agent Madhav Vishwas was shot dead on Saturday morning in Coochbehar’s Falimari.
ISF: ISF worker killed in clash with TMC in Haringhata area of Nadia district. The deceased has been identified as Saidul Shaikh, 48.
Independent: Abdullah, the booth agent of an independent candidate, was killed at Peergacha in North 24 Parganas.
Candidates were elected unopposed on 9,013 seats
On 8 July, polling was held in 64,874 out of 73,887 gram panchayat seats in West Bengal. In the remaining 9,013 seats, the candidates were elected unopposed. The maximum number of 8,874 candidates who were elected unopposed are from the Trinamool Congress. The results of the panchayat elections will come on July 11.
Even after the deployment of Central Forces in the state, there were reports of violence from different areas. Incidents of booth looting, ballot paper tearing, ballot paper burning were witnessed from many areas. A youth ran away with a ballot box in Hazrahat village of Mathbhanga-1 block of Cooch Behar.
In a village of Cooch Behar, a young man ran away with the ballot box.
81% voting took place on Saturday
Despite the violence, 81% of people cast their votes on Saturday, according to the state election commission. East Midnapore recorded the highest voter turnout of 84.7%. This was followed by 83.1% voting in Birbhum, 83% in Bankura and 82.4% in Jhargram. Kalimpong in North Bengal Hills recorded 67.2% and Darjeeling 65.8%.
Polling booths in Coochbehar were vandalized and ballot papers were set on fire.
ISF’s Naushad Siddiqui said – TMC wants to win elections by taking lives of people
Bhaskar’s reporter Akshay Bajpai spoke to Naushad Siddiqui, the lone ISF MLA, about the violence. He said, from the day the nominations started in Tameri assembly, TMC people started putting pressure on the general public.
He said, TMC goons bombed where we live on the night of July 7 as well. Those people know that if the common man casts more votes then he will vote against the government, so they were creating such an atmosphere that people could not vote.
TMC’s local leaders take cut money, so common people have now decided that they will not vote for them. If this happens, the livelihood of the leaders associated with the ruling party will stop. After losing the election in Bhangarh, TMC now wants to win the panchayat in its favor, even if it means taking someone’s life.
