The scenario in West Bengal stays tense as the counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat polls, which was marred with unprecedented violence, is underway. Amidst the counting of votes, a video has surfaced on-line through which a BJP candidate is heard accusing TMC cadres of manhandling her and blocking her from getting into the counting sales space in Howrah.
The video was shared by West Bengal BJP chief Keya Ghosh earlier in the present day (July 11). The girl who’s seen narrating her ordeal within the 1.19 seconds video was recognized as Putul Gayen, BJP counting agent of the Charpara Gram Panchayat in Howrah, West Bengal.
BJP candidate is just not been allowed to enter the counting sales space. Watch the way in which she was manhandled by TMC goons. Incident of Howrah. #BengalPanchayatElection pic.twitter.com/maLC6ls7u7
— Keya Ghosh (@keyakahe) July 11, 2023
She says that the TMC goons tore her garments, pushed her and blocked her from getting into the counting sales space. She can also be heard saying {that a} TMC member named Pinky current on the counting sales space snatched and tore her id card as properly. He additional alleges that when her husband intervened, the TMC goons assaulted him. He suffered a head harm within the assault, she laments.
The sufferer additional bemoans how the State police personnel deployed on the counting sales space stood like mere puppets whereas she was being manhandled and her husband was being assaulted by the TMC goons.
The sufferer, who visibly appears distressed and shaken up, can see her carrying a pink costume which is torn from round her left shoulder. Another girl standing beside the sufferer tries to cowl her with a towel. However, the offended BJP candidate continues to lambast the ruling dispensation in addition to the West Bengal police for his or her apathy.
She laments how the TMC goons acquired the arrogance to unleash unprecedented ranges of violence and disruption throughout all the panchayat election course of in 2023 because the state police are in cahoots with them.
After the incident, BJP employees staged an enormous protest outdoors the counting centre to protest the sheer violence that was directed in opposition to the BJP counting agent which the TMC cadres are capable of perform with impunity below the safety of the state police and administration.
West Bengal Panchayat polls marred with violence
Elections and violence have all the time been synonymous in West Bengal. In the morning hours of the eighth of July 2023, polling for Panchayat elections began in West Bengal amid heavy safety from Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF). The elections witnessed large-scale violence, with a number of instances of murders, sales space capturing, and numerous other forms of violence.
While some experiences have claimed that the demise rely has crossed 36, there are experiences of numerous incidences of violence, arson, armed males threatening the overall voters, and miscreants stealing away poll containers.
Repolling to be held at 600 cubicles after experiences of violence and tampering with Ballot containers
After widespread experiences of violence, arson, looting, and tampering with Ballot containers throughout Panchayat elections, the State Election Commission on Sunday night, 9 July, introduced to carry re-polling in Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal.
As per the data acquired, the Bengal State Election Commission ordered re-polling in these cubicles the place the voting was declared void. The SEC additional introduced {that a} contemporary ballot could be held on the tenth of July from 7 am to five pm.
According to the announcement, re-polling was held in 604 cubicles for the Panchayat elections.
