Basanti (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the central forces in the state of coercing voters to cast their vote in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in several areas.
Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): The BJP candidate from Ghatal, Bharati Ghosh was locked inside a compound at a polling station by security forces here to ensure her safety. Later, Ghosh was escorted out of the booth by the security.
Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Goons of Trinamool Congress are spreading violence and engaging in poll rigging at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata's behest, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar after visiting the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday.
Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): BJP candidate from Ghatal Bharati Ghosh alleged that she was beaten up by TMC goons while she was trying to reach a polling booth here on Sunday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): BJP leader Mukul Roy has accused Mamata government of acting out of political vendetta after his convoy was searched by police here. He said the police was acting like "stooges of the state government".
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Highest polling percentage was recorded in West Bengal till 3 pm in the sixth phase of seven-phased Lok Sabha elections on Sunday. The poll percentage recorded in the state till 3 pm by the Election commission of India (ECI) was 63.09.
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was severely injured in a clash with Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers outside polling booth number 1 in Bankura on Sunday.
Howrah (Kolkata) [India], May 12 (ANI): A day after the arrest of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) youth wing convenor Priyanka Sharma, her mother alleged she was arrested at TMC's behest because she used to work for BJP.
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): In the backdrop of instances of vandalism and clashes in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday claimed that Trinamool Congress is indulging in violence out of "frustration".
Ghatal/Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): A scuffle broke out between TMC and BJP workers on Sunday at polling booth number 254 in Bankura after BJP alleged rigging by TMC workers.
Ghatal (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): BJP's Ghatal candidate, Bharati Ghosh, broke down after she was manhandled by a group of women at a polling booth in the constituency as voting for the sixth phase of national elections is underway.
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): Known as one of the major CPI(M) bastions since 1970s, Bankura changed the wind in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The electorate elected TMC's new entrant Moonmoon Sen who defeated CPI(M)'s 9 times MP Basudeb Acharya from the constituency.