Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency Locket Chatterjee expressed confidence in BJP winning more than 30 seats in West Bengal after voting concluded for the seventh phase of parliamentary elections in the state on Saturday.
A clash broke out between TMC and BJP workers in Meraganj village in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, leaving in several people injured.
Actor and former TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty on Saturday reached at the designated polling booth to cast her vote in the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls.
West Bengal BJP chief and Lok Sabha candidate from Balurghat Sukant Majumdar hit out at the West Bengal Government over the "deteriorating law and order" situation in Bengal as violent clashes erupted between the TMC and ISF on the day of polling in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election
"I have complete confidence that the INDIA bloc will win. No matter what the 'Godi' media or 'Modi' media says, their talk of 400 seats is just a show off. It's Mudda' vs 'Modi (issues versus PM Modi). On one side are the issues, and on the other is Modi's failed promises," Sinha said.
"Voting is our right, and we must exercise it. Everyone is coming to cast their vote. Voting is going on well and peacefully, so we are expecting the best," Jahan told ANI after casting her vote.
Accusing the Trinamool Congress of indulging in violence on voting day to save its "corrupt" regime, CPI (M) West Bengal secretary and former MP Mohammad Salim on Thursday appealed the people to cast their vote for peace.
Voting began at 7 am in West Bengal's nine seats including-- Barasat, Basirhat, Diamond Harbour, Dum Dum, Jaynagar, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar, and Mathurapur.
Further, the TMC leader asserted that he does not make predictions like Amit Shah but feels that in the 35-seat, where elections have been concluded in Bengal, Trinamool has already surpassed 22 seats.