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West Bengal Bypoll LIVE Updates: The bypoll in West Bengal’s Bhabanipur assembly constituency on Thursday is being keenly watched as state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is not an MLA is contesting from this seat. Bhabanipur bypoll has become a prestige battle for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is presently not an MLA. The Bhabanipur Assembly seat was vacated by the West Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in May, making way for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from Bhabanipur seat as a move to continue to hold her post. Bharatiya Janata Party fielded 41-year-old Priyanka Tibrewal against the TMC supremo. On the other hand, CPI(M) has fielded Srijib Biswas, also a lawyer by profession in the Bhabanipur constituency. Besides Bhabanipur, polling will be held in Jangipur and Samserganj Assembly constituencies. A total 6,97,164 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the three constituencies. The polling began at 7 am today and will end at 6:30 pm. The counting of votes will take place on October 3.
5.00 PM: Polling in 3 Assembly Constituencies was held today. Total voter turnout figures at 5 pm – Bhabanipur bypolls 53.32 percent ; Samerganj polls- 78.60 percent and Jangipur polls- 76.12 percent
4.15 PM: 2 persons were doing forged voting at a poll booth in a school, we caught them red-handed and informed the police, central forces. Later, some 8-10 bike-borne people attacked me & my car with sticks and stones: Kalyan Chaubey (BJP chief election agent).
4.00 PM:
#WATCH | West Bengal: A scuffle broke out between BJP and TMC supporters in Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where voting for the by-poll is underway today. BJP leader Kalyan Chaubey’s car was allegedly vandalised. pic.twitter.com/TBiPFdsWlI
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
3.30 PM:
West Bengal | ISKCON Temple monks cast their votes for Bhabanipur bypolls at La Martiniere School, Kolkata. “It’s an important vote, it will decide the Chief Minister of the state. People should come forward and vote,” a devotee says pic.twitter.com/U8BBfP6r8R
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
3.20 PM: West Bengal: Voter turnout of 72.45%, 68.17% and 48.08% recorded till 3 pm in Samserganj, Jangipur polls and Bhabanipur bypoll, respectively.
3.10 PM:
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC candidate for Bhabanipur bypoll leaves from Mitra Institution – a polling booth in the assembly constituency – after casting her vote. pic.twitter.com/ykhQS44npd
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
02:45 pm: Priyanka Tibrewal, the BJP candidate for Bhabanipur by-poll, alleged that TMC is paying some people to cast a vote “A man confessed to me that TMC paid him Rs 500 to cast vote. He was from Bansdroni. I have informed the authorities,” she said.
West Bengal | Priyanka Tibrewal, the BJP candidate for Bhabanipur by-poll, alleges that TMC is paying some people to cast a vote
“A man confessed to me that TMC paid him Rs 500 to cast vote. He was from Bansdroni. I have informed the authorities,” she says. pic.twitter.com/qVCQfKEjyf
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
02:00 pm: BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal has filed a complaint stating that fake voters were sent to four schools in Bhabanipur.
1:00 pm: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will cast her vote at a booth in the Mitra Institution School in Bhabanipur at 3.15 pm.
11:00 am: Total 41 complaints regarding various issues have been lodged with the Election Commission today from three constituencies. Out of 41 complaints, 23 are from Bhabanipur.
10: 00 am: According to the data available with the Election Commission of India, the high-profile assembly constituency recorded only 7.5 per cent of polling in the first two hours of election. On the other hand, the two assembly constituencies of Jangipur in Murshidabad district and Samserganj recorded 17.51 and 16.32 per cent polling respectively.
09:20 am: Samserganj– Local TMC leader Anarul Haque has been arrested in connection with a bunch of bombs that were hurled in the Bengal constituency a few hours ahead of the bypolls.
09:00 am:
#WestBengalBypolls | 90-year-old Manobashini Chakrabarty casts her vote at Mitra Institution polling booth in Bhabanipur pic.twitter.com/mMiAbWOoPx
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
08:35 am: Long queues were seen since early morning outside several booths across the constituencies. The polling centres have been stocked up with masks and sanitisers as part of the COVID-19 guidelines, officials said.
07:40 am: Madan Mitra (TMC MLA) has purposely shut the voting machine here as he wants to capture the booth, said Priyanka Tibrewal, BJP candidate for Bhabanipur by-poll at polling booth of ward number 72.
07:15 am:
#WestBengalBypolls | Polling begins in Bhabanipur, polling is scheduled to end at 6:30 pm, according to State CEO
(Visuals from Mitra Institution polling booth) pic.twitter.com/fgW9fvMsbb
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
07:00 am: We’re hoping for fair elections. Security deployment is very important. I will visit polling booths in the area today. The state government is in fear right now, said Priyanka Tibrewal, BJP candidate for Bhabanipur by-poll.
07:00 am:
#WestBengalBypolls | Security deployment at a polling booth of ward number 71 in Bhabanipur
Besides Bhabanipur, bypolls will also be held in Shamsherganj and Jangipur in the Murshidabad district. pic.twitter.com/P1HAShSrRX
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2021
06:55 am: Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that not every voter can cast their votes in Bhabanipur bypolls as the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) will prevent voters to get out of their homes. Briefing mediapersons, Chowdhury said, “We are contesting in Samserganj. TMC is causing violence there. They have attacked local journalists. The administration is silent as they are the agents of TMC.” “We have trust in Election Commission. Our only demand is that the Commission must ensure that people cast their votes peacefully. I believe that not everyone can cast their vote in Bhabanipur. TMC will try to prevent the voters who probably do not give their votes to the party to get out of their homes,” added the Congress leader.
06:45 am: The Election Commission has decided to deploy additional 20 companies of central forces, taking the total to 35 companies, only for the bypoll to the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in Kolkata from where CM Mamata Banerjee is contesting. The additional 20 companies of central forces will be deployed for patrolling duty, because there has been widespread allegation that the ruling Trinamool Congress is threatening the voters, trying to stop them from going to the polling centres, said the EC.
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