MILLENNIUMPOST.IN RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI | KOLKATA VOL. 7, ISSUE 89 | Friday, 2 April 2021 | Kolkata | Pages 12 | Rs 3.00 No Half Truths City: Pg 2 World: Pg 8 Film: Pg 12 Recovery rate at 97.14%; Biden unveils ‘once in a ‘I cried for two 1,274 test +ve in a day generation’ spending plan weeks’ 2ND PHASE: MAMATA ALLEGES IRREGULARITIES WITH POLLING PROCESS AT BOYAL Bengal sees over 80% turnout despite sporadic violence OUR CORRESPONDENT where he was shifted to Midnapore Highlights Medical College and Hospital when KOLKATA: Barring a few stray » Mamata Banerjee said her party’s his condition deteriorated. incidents, the second phase of elec- polling agent was being prevented BJP worker Uday Dubey was tions spanning across 30 Assembly found hanging at his residence at constituencies in four districts cov- from entering the booth and alleged Bhekutia in Nandigram early on ering 10,620 polling stations passed that 80 per cent votes have been Thursday morning. Prima facie off peacefully. The Election Com- rigged by the BJP. She said the out- investigation by the police has mission (EC) announced that the siders were trying to create trouble revealed that it was a case of death overall voting percentage till 5 pm and the Central forces were protect- by suicide. was 80.43 per cent. ing them under instructions from the Trinamool Congress candidate As many as 171 candidates from Union Home ministry in Chandipur Soham Chakraborty different political parties were in the was also allegedly harassed by BJP fray during the second phase of polls » TMC candidate in Chandipur Soham workers in Kadua area. that covered parts of nine Assem- Chakraborty was allegedly ha- TMC also alleged ransacking of bly constituencies each in East rassed by BJP workers in Kadua their booth-level agent’s house and Midnapore and West Midnapore, area. TMC also alleged ransacking intimidation at Bagcha in East Mid- eight in Bankura and four in South napore’s Moyna. 24-Parganas. of their booth-level agent’s house TMC lodged an official com- At 82.92 per cent, Bankura and intimidation at Bagcha in East plaint with the state CEO office reported the highest voting per- Midnapore’s Moyna alleging a number of booth cap- centage followed by 81.23 in East » Problems related to webcasting were tures by BJP at Moyna. Midnapore, 79.65 in South 24-Par- also reported in a good number of There were allegations from ganas and 78.02 per cent in West Chaukhali in Chandipur too where Midnapore. booths in Nandigram as well as from it was alleged that TMC votes were Nandigram, where TMC chief other places. Deputy Election Commis- going to the BJP. Mamata Banerjee is pitted against sioner Sudeep Jain who is in charge “We will be deploying Central BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, witnessed of Bengal has sought a report related forces in the places where elections a high percentage of 80.79 per cent. to the issue of webcasting were held on Thursday to address State Chief Electoral Officer Voters stand in queues to cast their votes during the second phase of West Bengal Assembly polls, in Nandigram, on Thursday PTI issues of post-poll violence if any,” a Ariz Aftab said 29,679 voters in the senior official in the CEO office said. second phase have cast their votes cess at Boyal and said she would Central forces were protecting them Hariharpur in Keshpur hours before Pritish Ranjan Kuar’s vehicle in Later in the day, the election Problems related to webcast- through postal ballots that include seek legal recourse on the issue. under instructions from the Union the polls began. A murder case was which five persons, including the agent of Trinamool Congress can- ing were also reported in a good 24,437 voters above 80 years of age Banerjee said her party’s polling Home ministry. initiated at Keshpur police station candidate, received minor injuries. didate in Keshpur, Siuli Saha was number of booths in Nandigram and 5,242 disabled electorates. agent was being prevented from According to reports available and the cops arrested eight persons Vehicles of media persons were also allegedly assaulted by BJP-backed as well as from other places. Dep- Trinamool Congress chairper- entering the booth and alleged that with the Commission, a Trinamool in connection with the incident. vandalised with bricks and bamboo miscreants. The agent, Habibur uty Election Commissioner Sudeep son Mamata Banerjee who is con- 80 per cent votes have been rigged Congress worker Uttam Dolui (48) In another incident at Keshpur, sticks in Keshpur at around noon. 20 Rahman, was allegedly assaulted Jain who is in charge of Bengal has testing from Nandigram alleged by the BJP. She said the outsiders was allegedly hacked to death by an unidentified group of people persons were arrested in connection in front of a booth at Saldiha. He sought a report related to the issue irregularities with the polling pro- were trying to create trouble and the about 10-15 persons inside a club at allegedly attacked BJP candidate with these incidents. was rushed to a local hospital from of webcasting. In today’s MAMATA NOT CONTESTING FROM 2ND SEAT, CLARIFIES TMC We will win Nandigram paper Nandigram: Trinamool alleges 10 booths & Bengal by a thumping City ... ‘captured’ by BJP, lodges complaint with EC majority, says Mamata FACE `200 FINE SANS MASK IN METRO 2 OUR CORRESPONDENT by CRPF to influence/intimidate outsiders. Nation voters not working. People deter- Kunal Ghosh, TMC spokes- KOLKATA: During the second mined to have @MamataOfficial person, said: “Suvendu’s ner- CBI BOOKS OBEROI MD 4 phase of polling on Thursday, as their MLA.” vousness is evident but the AITC tweeted: edit TMC demolished the tall claims Suvendu Adhikari, Trinamool communal instigation is Didi is winning Nandigram. of BJP that the former could not turncoat and BJP candidate, had uncalled for. He is playing the The question of her fighting FOR THE PEOPLE 7 field booth agents in 300 poll- first said TMC had lost its ground communal card and this is a ing booths, the party said they in Nandigram and could not field dangerous trend.” Ghosh is con- from another seat doesn't international were present in 354 and had agents in 100 booths to the local fident that Mamata Banerjee will arise. @narendramodi Ji, CALIFORNIA SHOOTING KILLS 4 8 raised complaints for “10 spe- and national media. Later, he said win by over 50,000 votes. retract from your efforts to cific booths”. TMC had failed to post agents in Demanding an unconditional business Derek O’Brien, Trinamool 300 booths before the local and apology from Narendra Modi mislead people before they Congress Rajya Sabha MP, national media. Trinamool lead- for his statement that Banerjee see your lies with the end of SENSEX RECLAIMS 50K MARK 10 tweeted: “Trinamool booth ers said this was a blatant lie and would contest from another con- nomination in WB. agents ROCK SOLID in 354 Voters show their ID cards as they showed his nervousness. Trin- stituency, TMC maintained that sport booths in #Nandigram. We amool had given specific com- “it was a dirty trick” and added Look for a safer seat in arrive to exercise their franchise, in Mamata Banerjee shows the HAZLEWOOD PULLS OUT OF IPL 11 have registered complaints for Nandigram, on Thursday PTI plaints about 10 booths where that Modi said it out of sheer des- 2024, as you will be chal- 10 specific booths. All attempts the agents were heckled by BJP peration. Continued on P6 victory sign after visiting a booth in Nandigram on Thursday PIC/MPOST lenged in Varanasi GST mop-up at Nandigram violence: Submit report PRITESH BASU ating trouble there. They had Vax throughout attacked our worker Rabin record high of NANDIGRAM: Amid reports Manna who is fighting for his by today, EC tells Observers of sporadic violence and booth life at SSKM Hospital. Yester- April, including Rs 1.23L cr in March jamming in Nandigram, Tri- day (Wednesday), two of our OUR CORRESPONDENT Earlier in the day, Banerjee was stuck namool Congress supremo workers were killed at Kesh- NEW DELHI: GST collections remained for more than an hour while overseeing Mamata Banerjee after visit- pur and Khanakul,” she said above the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark for the sixth KOLKATA: After TMC supremo the polling process at booth number 7 in ing several booths stated that sitting on her wheelchair after gazetted holidays month in a row in March, rising 27 per cent Mamata Banerjee alleged poll violence Boyal (East Midnapore). She had to stay her party would get a landslide coming out of Boyal Primary annually to record Rs 1.23 lakh crore. in Nandigram during the second phase inside the booth as the law and order victory both in Nandigram and School where she alleged that Covid: India records highest The finance ministry said on Thursday of state Assembly polls on Thursday, the situation deteriorated outside amid loud in Bengal. 80 per cent of votes were polled that the steep increasing trend in goods and Election Commission of India (ECI) sloganeering of ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ However, Banerjee, on Thursday, vis- by 1.30 pm as an outcome of single-day spike since October services tax is a clear indication of rapid eco- asked two poll Observers to submit a the General Observer claimed that “poll- ited several booths across the rigging carried out by the BJP. nomic recovery post pandemic. report by April 2 in this regard. ing was not disrupted at any moment” at high-profile Nandigram con- Referring to the tension OUR CORRESPONDENT recorded in a span of 24 The gross GST revenue collected in The Commission had received a the booth.