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West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are underway and four out of seven phases have been completed; the fifth phase is in process and the results are expected to be announced on June 4, 2024 as per the schedule. Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 5 in 49 constituencies across six states and two union territories, BJP candidate from Hooghly, Locket Chatterjee has claimed that in her constituency, a Trinamool agent has been caught red-handed while asking people to vote for Rachana Banerjee, who is Chatterjee’s rival candidate from the same constituency. Here’s what Locket Banerjee said…
As mentioned earlier, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee claimed that a Trinamool agent was caught red-handed asking people to vote for her rival candidate from Hooghly, Rachana Banerjee. “An AASHA worker was made to sit as a booth agent in lieu of money. She has been instructed to ask people to vote for Rachana. She is a Trinamool agent working as an assistant in booths asking people to vote for TMC. There is no other party slip with her,” Chatterjee said speaking to reporters on Monday as voting kicked off in her constituency on Monday.
Chatterjee said that the woman could not give adequate answers when confronted and said that she was instructed by higher officials who could not be traced. “She could not say anything when countered. She said that she had been instructed by some ‘Sir’ who could not be found,” the BJP candidate from Hooghly said. Chatterjee said that when the police were asked about the booth agent, they said that she was in charge of maintaining the queue. However, Chatterjee hit back saying that there were not many voters at the polling station at that time.
The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 5 is being conducted in 49 constituencies today including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal among others. The sixth phase will take place on May 25 with polling in 57 constituencies of seven states and the last phase will be on June 1 with voting in 57 constituencies across eight states. The counting of votes, i.e. result declaration will happen on June 4, 2024.
(Inputs from ANI)
