Kolkata, 3rd June: The Lok Sabha Election 2024 will decide the future of West Bengal to a large extent. This election will have a diversified impact on the dynamic politics of West Bengal and the surrounding political parties. TMC and the Left party’s power will either be retained or razed. This state discerns violence and fair contestations among BJP and TMC. No other political parties could have influenced people’s minds like these two.
Amid the important 42 seats, people in West Bengal are eagerly waiting and debating for the election result. They are more interested in viewing the result in their state and constituencies other than the nation. But without any violence, the West Bengal election seems unfurnished. A similar clash occurred in two constituencies of West Bengal, i.e. Barasat and Mathurapur.
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The Incidents Occurred In West Bengal
Clashes broke out among the supporters of Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), and Indian Secular Front (ISF) in various parts of the state during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024. Both of the constituencies conducted their votes on June 1 but it was reported that these political parties co-jointly collided with each other and violence spread like fire. In West Bengal’s Basirhat it was reported that an alleged clash broke out between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party workers in Bayarbari during the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election 2024.
In a related incident of Meraganj in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, TMC and BJP clashed which resulted in several people’s injuries from both parties. A similar incident was reported in the most deliberated place of West Bengal, i.e. Sandeshkhali in the Lok Sabha election 2024. In the Sandeshkhali of Basirhat, police faced resistance from local women, and the BJP candidate of Basirhat namely Rekha Patra confronted clashes with local police.
Ideally, those women who resisted Sadhan Nandi from being arrested by police are most likely BJP supporters too. Sadhan Nandi was allegedly involved in Saturday’s violence. During the police operation, a scuffle ensued. The Agarhati village in Sandeshkhali witnessed another round of skirmishes after the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024.
A senior police officer said that local women in this village were involved in a scuffle with the Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel, blocked roads, and fell tree trunks when the police person reached there to arrest the alleged few persons involved in Saturday’s violence.
“We have not arrested anyone, but local women have started protesting. Some of our female colleagues are injured. We are trying to talk to them and remove the barricades from the roads,” the officer in Basirhat Police District told PTI.
He added that there was an attempt by local women to snatch the detained person (Sadhan Nandi), but the move was foiled. “We are trying to bring the situation under control. A huge number of RAF, Quick Response Team (QRT) and policemen are present here,” the officer said.
Other than these, the political parties collided in Jadavpur and Diamond Harbour constituencies when nine parliamentary constituencies were voting in the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2024. In Jadavpur, a confrontation at Bhangar between TMC and ISF backers led to allegations from both sides about crude bombs being hurled. Kolkata Police said the incident happened in the morning before the poll process began.
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Lok Sabha Election 2024: Repolling In West Bengal
A day before the scheduled vote counting on June 4, the election commission ordered repolling in one booth of each constituency namely Barasat and Mathurapur on June 3rd under heightened security measures to ensure a peaceful and fair voting process. An official said that The decision to repolling was held today from 7 am to 6 pm based on the reports of the district election officers, returning officers, and observers’ concerns.
According the commission’s directive, repolling will be conducted at 61 Kadambagachi Saradar Pada FP School, Room No 2 of 120-Deganga Assembly Constituency in 17 Barasat Parliamentary Constituency and 26 Aaddir Mahal Srichaitanya Bidyapith FP School of 131-Kakdwip Assembly Constituency in 20-Mathurapur (SC) Parliamentary Constituency in West Bengal.
“I am directed to state that based on reports from the concerned RO/the concerned DEO/the Observers of 17-Barasat PC and 20-Mathurapur (SC) PC. regarding the poll taken for the General Election to Lok Sabha for West Bengal State, 2024, held on 1 June 2024”
“After taking all material circumstances into account, the Commission, at this moment declares under sub-section (2) of Section 58 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, that the poll taken on 1 June 2024 for election as mentioned earlier on the following polling stations (as mentioned in Column 3 of the table below) to be void and appoints 3 June 2024 as the date and fixes the hours as mentioned in Column (4) of the table below, for taking a fresh poll at the said polling stations following Commission’s instructions contained in paragraphs 13.62 of Chapter XIII of Hand Book for Returning Officer, 2023,” the Election Commission said in a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal.
BJP Letter to CEO, Demanding Repolling In Diamond Harbour
On June 1, in the last phase Lok Sabha election 2024, BJP leader Shisir Bajoria wrote to west bengal chief election commission that booth agents of the BJP were driven out and the CCTV cameras were found facing in directions other than the polling cubicle. Also, the voters were prevented from reaching booths.
The letter said, “On behalf of Abhijit Das (Bobby), candidate of BJP of the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency, we request you to grant repolling in several booths”. Repoll of Lok Sabha Election 2024 was sought in booths in the assembly segments of Budge Budge, Falta, Maheshtala, Diamond Harbour, Bishnupur, Satgachia and Metiabruz.
Diamond Harbour, along with eight other Lok Sabha seats went to polls in the final phase on June 1 in the Lok Sabha election 2024. While the TMC has pitted sitting MP and Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, BJP has fielded Abhijit Das from the constituency.
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