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NEW DELHI: Voting successful the archetypal signifier of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026 was marred by caller unit connected Thursday aft a video surfaced showing BJP campaigner Subhendu Sarkar being chased done fields and allegedly assaulted by a mob successful Kumarganj.Bengal polls signifier 1: Follow unrecorded updatesThe footage showed Sarkar moving crossed unfastened fields alongside a constabulary authoritative earlier helium was caught by a radical of radical and attacked.The BJP alleged that its Kumarganj nominee was attacked by supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress portion heading to a polling booth aft receiving reports of disturbances.
Sarkar himself described the incidental successful detail. “In the Kumarganj Assembly constituency, our polling agents successful 8-10 polling stations were forcibly removed.
I personally intervened and ensured they were allowed backmost inside. When I visited Booth No. 24 to inspect the concern connected the ground, they launched an onslaught connected my full squad and me; they were intelligibly intent connected creating an ambiance of intimidation and fear.
.. Central Forces were contiguous astatine the polling presumption itself—they were wrong the premises. But erstwhile I arrived connected the scene, I was accompanied lone by my bodyguard; determination was nary 1 other with us...
Mamata Banerjee has mislaid the election, and Trinamool Congress are losing each 4 seats successful this region. Out of sheer desperation and fear, they launched an onslaught connected us...”He besides claimed helium was injured and his conveyance vandalised during the attack.Authorities said enactment would beryllium taken against those identified done video footage, adjacent arsenic the Election Commission sought reports from districts deed by unrest.Elsewhere, clashes were reported successful Murshidabad and Birbhum, with allegations of elector intimidation, stone-pelting and assaults connected polling agents. Despite the incidents, officials said polling was mostly peaceful overall, with elector turnout crossing 60% by 1pm.
