Elections for panchayats in West Bengal started early on Saturday morning under tight security after a busy campaigning period and a violent nomination filing procedure.
While there were allegations of violence in the state around the time that the nominations were filed, subsequent instances also involved violence.
Panchayat polls, a house was vandalised
A home was vandalised in Murshidabad in the most recent flashpoint barely hours before the panchayat elections when the workers of the Trinamool Congress and Congress came to blows on Friday night.
After learning of the occurrence, a team from the neighbourhood police station arrived at the scene.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate
In a separate instance, Trinamool Congress (TMC) members are accused of attacking the residence of a BJP candidate in West Bengal.
The event happened in Dinhata's Bamanhat II Gramme Panchayat's Kalmati neighbourhood. in the moment, the injured are receiving care in a private hospital in Coochbehar.
Bombs and weapons have been stockpiled
Additionally, authorities carried out a search after learning that the South 24 Parganas region had been stocked with homemade explosives and firearms.
According to the police, they were informed of explosives and firearms being prepared to cause chaos during the panchayat elections in the district.
However, they added that nothing has been found yet.
CV Ananda Bose, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and TMC.
Just one day before the Panchayat elections, the West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), and the TMC engaged in an increasingly heated verbal exchange.
Ahead of the rural elections,
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose criticised the state administration harshly for the situation in Bengal, calling it "depressing" that residents of the whole state were living in terror.
The Bengal governor expressed worry about the current state of affairs to reporters, saying, "It is distressing that people in those (violence-hit) places are in a condition of terror. But right now, tomorrow's election is crucial. The black ink on the index finger, in my opinion, is the only long-lasting cure to either violence or corruption. That represents the power of the average guy.
Everyone should go to the polling booth and express
The Governor said, "Everyone should go to the voting place and express their right to vote according to their conscience in order to find the "permanent solution" to all they are facing. You will discover a long-lasting remedy for everything you are dealing with, even violence, tomorrow. In a democracy, the right to vote is the most important and powerful right in the world.
"I'm only doing it for the publicity, pure and simple. To raise awareness of the rights of the average person, the integrity of the
Constitution, and the fact that the average person will not be silenced by political propaganda, he said.
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