bhabanipur election: Election Commission seeks report on Bhawanipur incident; Demand for cancellation of by-elections

Kolkata: Voting for the high-profile Bhawanipur Assembly by-election in West Bengal will take place on September 30. Trinamool Congress leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting the elections. Against him, BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal is in the fray. On the last day of the election campaign, a scuffle broke out between BJP and Trinamool Congress workers. The situation got so bad that the security guard of BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh had to fire a pistol.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has sought a report from the state government following the incident in Bhawanipur. The Election Commission had given the state government 4 pm to submit its report. This information was given by the sources of the Election Commission at 3 pm. The BJP has now demanded the Election Commission to cancel the Bhawanipur by-election.

We can’t just campaign, so what’s the point of holding a by-election? Dilip Ghosh has demanded that the Election Commission should cancel this by-election. While campaigning in Bhawanipur, Trinamool Congress workers insulted him. We were in a vaccination center at the time. At that time, some people surrounded us and pushed us. One of our workers was also severely beaten. You were attacked. His security guards tried to stop him and pulled out a pistol to repel the attackers, Ghosh said.

Trinamool Congress has responded to Dilip Ghosh’s allegations. How did the citizens dare to show their pistols in broad daylight? Don’t citizens have the right to oppose those who do not support them? Human rights have been violated and it is a shame. The Trinamool Congress has alleged that this is a compromise with the security of the citizens of Bhawanipur.

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BJP leader and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari also targeted the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state. The situation in the state is dire and the Election Commission is doing nothing. A delegation of our party met the Election Commission in Delhi and our delegation also visited the Commission several times in the state. But the Election Commission did not take any action, said Suvendu Adhikari, targeting the Election Commission.

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