West Bengal Polls LIVE: Chaos, violence cloud voting; 80% turnout till 5 pm

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE updates: 72 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm. TMC and BJP are contesting in all the 30 seats. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on West Bengal election 2021 Phase 2

3:13 PM

LIVE: PM Modi hits back at TMC for calling his Bangladesh trip unethical

PM Modi hits back at TMC for calling his Bangladesh trip unethical and violative of model code, defends visits to temples there

3:07 PM

LIVE: Mamata will have to account for the deaths of brothers, sisters and sons of Bengal, says PM

LIVE: Mamata Banerjee will have to account for the deaths of brothers, sisters and sons of Bengal, says PM Modi

3:06 PM

LIVE: BJP wave blowing across West Bengal, will win over 200 seats, says PM Modi

BJP wave blowing across West Bengal, party will win over 200 seats, says PM Narendra Modi at an election rally

3:02 PM

Watch: PM Modi addresses public meeting at Jaynagar, West Bengal

2:59 PM

LIVE: Trinamool is not cool, it is a 'shool'. It gave unbearable pain to Bengal, says Modi

2:54 PM

LIVE: Slogans were raised after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrived at the polling booth in Nandigram

LIVE: Slogans were raised after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrived at the polling booth in Nandigram

2:52 PM

LIVE: Have lodged 63 poll related complaints since morning, no action by EC, says Mamata Banerjee

LIVE: Have lodged 63 poll related complaints since morning, no action by EC, says Mamata Banerjee

2:52 PM

LIVE: We will move court as EC not taking action, says Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram

LIVE: We will move court as EC not taking action, says Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram

2:52 PM

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

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

2:46 PM

Mamata Banerjee dials Governor amid reports of violence and jamming at booth

2:43 PM

Bengal polls: Mamata visits booths amid reports of jamming, Suvendu's convoy attacked

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited several booths across the high-profile Nandigram constituency, where she is pitted against her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP, as sporadic incidents of violence and allegations of booth jamming marred the voting process in the second phase.

 

After monitoring the situation in the assembly segment, where local TMC leaders complained that their election agents were not being allowed to enter booths, Banerjee left her rented residence at Reyapara around 1 pm.

 

She then visited polling centres at Sonachura, Reyapara, Balarampur, Boyal, Nandigram block 1 and 2.

2:38 PM

Each stone hurled on BJP will be used to build exit path for anarchist regime of TMC: Dharmendra Pradhan

2:36 PM

People who are raising slogans are outsiders: Mamata Banerjee after visiting a polling booth in Nandigram

People who are raising slogans are outsiders. They came from Bihar and UP, they are being protected by Central Forces, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

2:24 PM

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visits a polling booth in Nandigram

1:54 PM

West Bengal elections: 58 per cent voter turnout recorded till 1 pm

West Bengal elections: 58 per cent voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in 30 seats where polling is underway for second phase