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Assam, West Bengal Election 2021 Live Updates: 'No disruption in polling,' says EC on chaos complaints at Nandigram booth

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 01, 2021, 22:03:33 IST

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Assam, West Bengal Election 2021 Live Updates: 'No disruption in polling,' says EC on chaos complaints at Nandigram booth

Assam and West Bengal voted in the second phase of assembly elections on Thursday. While no major incident was reported from Assam, Nandigram in West Bengal saw sporadic violence. Stay with TOI for all the updates

14:49 (IST) Apr 01

Goons from other states creating ruckus here: Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram

14:14 (IST) Apr 01

Voter turnout in Assam 48.26% till 2:15pm, 58.15% in Bengal

13:50 (IST) Apr 01

West Bengal CM Mamata visits Bayal village located in Nandigram

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits Bayal village located in Nandigram https://t.co/j7q3s0r59j
— ANI (@ANI) 1617265071000

13:37 (IST) Apr 01

Have registered complaints for 10 specific booths in Nandigram: Derek O'Brien

BJP and their mind games! Won’t work. Trinamool booth agents ROCK SOLID in 354 booths in #Nandigram. We have regi… https://t.co/kZw1b9gD02
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) 1617264014000

13:35 (IST) Apr 01

TMC's Derek O Brien writes to EC alleging booth capture by BJP workers in Nandigram assembly constituency.

"Huge mob of BJP workers have entered booth no.s 6,7,49,27,162,21,26,13,262,256,163,20. BJP workers attempting to take control of EVM & rigging the booth," he writes

13:09 (IST) Apr 01

EC issues notice to BJP leader in Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma based on Congress’s complaint alleging that he threatened Hagrama Mohilary, chairman of Bodoland Peoples Front, a Congress ally, that he would be sent to jail by using NIA.

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13:07 (IST) Apr 01

33.24% polling in Assam, 37.42% polling in West Bengal, till 1.02pm: Election Commission of India

12:53 (IST) Apr 01

The car of BJP candidate of Keshpur ransacked, EC seeks report

12:51 (IST) Apr 01

Nandigram in east Midnapore district, from where CM Mamata Banerjee is contesting against Suvendu, records 34.17% polling till 11am.

12:35 (IST) Apr 01

Mahua Moitra alleges over 150 EVMs malfunctioned in Bengal phase II polls, reports ANI

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday alleged that over 150 Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are malfunctioning since the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections began on Thursday.

12:34 (IST) Apr 01

37.4% voter turnout recorded in Bengal; 22.8% percent in Assam

11:53 (IST) Apr 01

Till 11am 37.4% polling was recorded in 30 seats in West Bengal

11:38 (IST) Apr 01

This is an election between the 'maha jhooth' of Mahajot and 'maha vikas' of Double Engine: PM Narendra Modi in Kokrajhar

11:30 (IST) Apr 01

With the mantra of 'sabka saath sabka vikas sabka vishwas', NDA govt is working here for your welfare. People of Assam have given blessings to NDA in 1st phase of polling. In the 1st phase, Assam has put a stamp on grand victory of NDA: PM Modi in Kokrajhar

11:28 (IST) Apr 01

Assam has shown 'red card' to lies of Congress: PM Modi

11:25 (IST) Apr 01

PM Modi addresses rally in Kokrajhar, Assam

11:06 (IST) Apr 01

Assembly elections 2021: A tale of three CMs

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11:05 (IST) Apr 01

EC asks for a report from East Midnapore district administration after the dead body of BJP worker Uma Shankar Dubey was traced in the morning.

Dubey was was found hanging from a toilet at Bhekutia. No external injury mark was spotted by the magistrate during inquest, an EC official said.

10:56 (IST) Apr 01

There have been no reports of violence or clashes among political activists in the constituency, barring an incident in the Bhimkata area in Nandigram where the BJP candidate faced an agitation by a group of TMC workers who shouted slogans against him, an Election Commission official said.

10:52 (IST) Apr 01

She is monitoring the situation in the high-profile constituency where polling began at 7 am as local TMC leaders complained of their election agents not being allowed to enter several booths, according to the party sources.