Kolkata, April 13, 2022 (PPI-OT):The vehicle of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Lok Sabha bypoll, Agnimitra Paul, was pelted with stones during the polling in Asansol city of the Indian state of West Bengal. Stones were hurled when security personnel baton-charged a group of supporters of Mamata Banerji-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) who gheraoed Paul’s vehicle, alleging that she tried to enter a polling booth along with her guards on Tuesday.

“My polling agent was not allowed to enter a booth in Barabani. My vehicle was also attacked and the police were mute spectators,” Paul claimed. The TMC said that it was Paul and her security personnel who tried to create disturbance in the area.

“How can a candidate move with a convoy of 20 cars? She and her security personnel were trying to create tension in the area,” a TMC leader said. The Election Commission said that it has received a complaint regarding the incident.

“We will look into it,” an official said. The by-elections were held as the seat fell vacant after Babul Supriyo resigned as the MP of Asansol after switching over to the TMC from the BJP, while state minister Subrata Mukherjee, who represented Ballygunge, died last year.

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